Edouard Pannetier (1884-1965), Black Stone On Paper, Hotel De Caumont, Aix, Signed

Drawing in black chalk and charcoal, project for the 1956 edition of "Splendeurs d'Aix-en-Provence" by J. Bertot in Marseille. Edouard-Emmanuel-Charles Pannetier, Provençal painter and orientalist, was born on November 6, 1884 in Clermont-Ferrand (Auvergne). Orphaned by his father, a former English teacher, he began his artistic studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in his hometown and then at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Trained as a drawing teacher, he worked for several years in Algeria at the Lamoricière high school in Oran between 1910 and 1920. Back in France, he worked as a drawing teacher at the high school in Aix-en-Provence around 1930. He painted numerous landscapes and genre scenes of Algeria and Provence. For the rest, he illustrated several literary works, highlighting the novel “Atala” by Chateaubriand in its 1946 edition. He died in Rueil-Malmaison, near Paris, on October 14, 1965, at the age of 80. The wrought iron staircase inside the Hotel de Caumont in Aix-en-Provence.