Robert Deletang (1874 – 1951) “the Pyrenees Near Saint Jean De Luz” Oil /cardboard 15 X 29.5 Cm

Robert – Adrien DELETANG (1874 – 1951) “The Pyrenees near Saint-Jean-de-Luz” Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard signed lower right Located in Saint-Jean-de-Luz and dated 1930 H: 15 cm W: 29.5 cm (without frame) Montparnasse frame Biography of Robert-Adrien Deletang: Robert Adrien Deletang born in Preuilly-sur-Claise in 1874 and died in Châtellerault in 1951 is a French painter and illustrator. Portraitist and landscaper, his brush was attracted by Basque and Spanish scenes and landscapes. Extract from “A century of painting in the Basque Country” by Alexandre Hurel and Michel de Jaureguiberry (page 144): “The strength of Deletang: Deletang leaves a considerable body of work, a unique testimony to an incredible pictorial force with multiple facets. Capable of working in a classical manner, he was also open to free chromatic interpretations, instilling some Cubist or Fauvist influences, then drawing renewed strength from Expressionism, without ever abandoning a traditional formal approach; his works draw from this an exceptional evocative power. » The Basque Museum in Bayonne, the museums of Pau, Rouen, Lyon, Nantes, and Reims possess a work by Deletang.