Raphael Arnal (1906-1963), Probable Portrait Of Max Jacob, Gouache, Signed, Framed

Portrait of a man, probably Max Jacob, a great friend of the artist, gouache on paper, by Raphael Arnal, (1906-19663), Provençal expressionist artist, born in Languedoc, who will pass through the Beaux-Arts of Montpellier. He will exhibit in Montpellier, Avignon, Salon de Provence, Paris then for 14 years in Marseille, in the district of La Pintade, often represented in his work, and finally in Vence and Antibes during the last years of his life. He is a great friend of Max Jacob with whom he exchanged an important correspondence which will later be published by the magazine Massilia. Complex personality of modern art, his painting is marked by a strong expression and intense colors, as here in vision of the landscape. Shipping possible everywhere.