Seated Turk By Charles Devillié 1850-1905

Oil on wood measuring 33cm x 24cm plus modern frame 45cm x 36cm Representing a turbaned orientalist character in traditional Turkish clothing resting on a sofa signed with the red stamp Ch. Devillié lower left Charles Devillié was born in Roanne in 1850 and died in 1905 at the age of 55 Painter of portraits, landscapes. Post-impressionist. He joined the Loire army at the age of 20, in 1870. After the war, his father sent him to Paris to learn the profession of plaster painter. He frequented the artistic mimics and in the evening he attended classes at the Swiss Academy. He participated in the evolution of the painting of his time, that is to say the birth of Impressionism wrote the biographer Jean Cherpin. An artist who will remain discreet free shipping for the European Union 150 euros for International