Milon Joseph (1868-1947) "bell Tower In Bouc Bel-air" Provence French Aix Gordes Paris

MILON Joseph (1868-1947)

"Bell Tower in Bouc Bel-Air"

Oil on board,
Signed lower left,
Titled, dated and countersigned by the artist on the back: "Clocher à Bouc à Bouc Albertas - 13 octobre 1929 - Joseph Milon",
Annotations.

Beautiful luminous work by painter Joseph Milon depicting a street in the village of Bouc Bel-Air with its bell tower.
The work is colorful, luminous and finely detailed by the painter.
It is a beautiful and rare testimony to the town of Bouc Bel-Air.

Originating from Gordes in the Vaucluse, Jospeh Milon began by studying law and became a lawyer and then a solicitor at the Court of Appeal in Aix en Provence.
Parallel to his studies he took courses from Honoré Gibert, curator of the Musée Granet, for painting and Henri Pontier for sculpture. Around 1910, he relinquished his position to devote himself to art.
He exhibited at the Salon des artistes français from 1923 to 1939 and in the provinces, decorating the Villa Corsica in Aix with paintings and sculptures.
Settled in Aix, he painted the town and its surroundings, rubbing shoulders with local painters such as Louis Gautier, Edouard Ducros, Joseph Hurard and Achille Emperaire.

His works are today conserved in museums such as the Musée Granet in Aix en Provence, the Musée des beaux-arts de la ville de Cannes and Carpentras.