Pierre Berjole (1897-1990) Paris Batignolles Theater

Large Art Deco painting oil on canvas by Pierre Berjole (1897-1990) signed BERJOLE and dated -April 1948- depicting Paris in action at 78 boulevard des Batignolles opposite the Hebertot theater. Good condition, dimensions: 1 meter long X 81 cm high.

Pierre Berjole was born on March 20, 1897 to a mother who was a teacher and a father who was an accountant. He will be a painting teacher, art school director, painter, watercolorist, illustrator and French decorator. He is related to Charles Berjole (1884-1924), poet and painter from Angers. He became a distinguished member of the Montparnasse group of artists, which at the time included Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Paul Cézanne, Jean-Léon Gérome, etc. He exhibited at the Salon d'Automne from 1921 to 1938, at the Salon des Indépendants from 1926 to 1939, at the Salon des Tuileries from 1930 to 1935, and at the Salon des Artistes Indépendants Bordelais in 1934. As France expanded at that time on both sides of the Mediterranean, he settled in Tunisia and turned to the Orientalist style. He joined the École des Beaux-Arts in Tunis as a professor and then director, succeeding the first two directors: Pierre Boyer and Jean Antoine Armand Vergeaud; his successor was Safia Farhat. An Angevin at heart, he illustrated works such as the book Sur l'air Angevin. 50 popular songs collected in Anjou by Marc Leclerc published in 1947 by La Lyre Chansonnière in Paris