Horace Cristol (1878-1959) Toulon, Rue Chevalier Paul
Artist: Horace Cristol (1878-1959)
Horace Cristol (1878-1959) Toulon, rue Chevalier Paul, 38 x 29 cm, watercolor and gouache, signed lower left. Inscribed on the reverse "Toulon, rue Chevalier Paul, evening".
Horace Cristol had three vocations, the last of which was the sum of the other two: Medicine, the Navy, and Art. A physician trained at the National School of Medicine in Bordeaux, he became a doctor in the French Navy. From the Far East, where he served his first campaign in 1904, Horace Cristol brought back drawings and paintings.
He exhibited paintings brought back from his various voyages at various shore assignments. He was appointed official painter of the Navy on March 7, 1942.
The Malesherbes Gallery (Paris), the Etienne Gallery (Toulon), and the Saluden Gallery (Brest) exhibited his works. A cultivated humanist who traveled extensively around the world, he discovered landscapes and crowds which he translated into drawings, watercolors, and oil paintings. A traveling painter, he provided pictorial evidence of 20th-century North Africa (Tangier, Bizerte).
In 1942, Horace Cristol participated in the Salon de la Marine exhibition. Besides his travel impressions, he also depicted aspects of Toulon and the folklore of Brittany. A retrospective exhibition was dedicated to him at the Museum of Art and Archaeology in Toulon in 1966.
Horace Cristol had three vocations, the last of which was the sum of the other two: Medicine, the Navy, and Art. A physician trained at the National School of Medicine in Bordeaux, he became a doctor in the French Navy. From the Far East, where he served his first campaign in 1904, Horace Cristol brought back drawings and paintings.
He exhibited paintings brought back from his various voyages at various shore assignments. He was appointed official painter of the Navy on March 7, 1942.
The Malesherbes Gallery (Paris), the Etienne Gallery (Toulon), and the Saluden Gallery (Brest) exhibited his works. A cultivated humanist who traveled extensively around the world, he discovered landscapes and crowds which he translated into drawings, watercolors, and oil paintings. A traveling painter, he provided pictorial evidence of 20th-century North Africa (Tangier, Bizerte).
In 1942, Horace Cristol participated in the Salon de la Marine exhibition. Besides his travel impressions, he also depicted aspects of Toulon and the folklore of Brittany. A retrospective exhibition was dedicated to him at the Museum of Art and Archaeology in Toulon in 1966.
250 €
Period: 20th century
Style: Modern Art
Condition: Excellent condition
Material: Water color
Width: 29
Height: 38
Reference (ID): 1676221
Availability: In stock
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