Watercolor "the Sammies In Issoudun"

Watercolor on paper "The Sammies in Issoudun". French School. 49.5 X 78.5cm at sight. Our large watercolor dates from the years 1918-1919 when the largest aviation school in the world was installed a few kilometers from Issoudun (Indre). Indeed, with the entry into the war of the United States of America, the US Army decided to create training centers for its aeronautical pilots within the Signal Corps. No less than 1500 hectares are dedicated to the establishment of 7 training camps, 11 airfields, 2 hospitals, a library, a performance hall, an incinerator for household waste as well as a printing press for the publication of the aviation school newspaper: Plane News. "La Fayette nous voilà!" You can see in the photos from this period (photos which are not for sale) some military figures visiting Issoudun (a soldier at the top of the White Tower) and in their barracks (canteen and dormitory). Modern wooden baguette frame. Good condition. Old traces and marks of thumbtacks in the four corners. 440 euros