Claude Bils (1884-1968) Framed Watercolor, Bookstore On The Quays Of The Seine In Paris.

Charming watercolor representing a bookseller on the banks of the Seine in Paris. This watercolor is signed lower left Bils. Dimensions: frame 34 cm / 40 cm watercolor 22.5 cm / 27.5 cm Bils claude of his real name Raymond Aynaud was born on August 15, 1884 in Mandélieu from a family of local notables, He collaborates in humorous newspapers, begins his career in Parisian life, then laughter, Fantasio, etc. .. He will carry out numerous portraits on the opera and caricatures of musicians. Passionate about the circus, he will make portraits of it (in particular of his friend the clown Grock) and many scenes of life. He will also devote himself to painting landscapes (Brittany), views of Paris, etc. In the 1930s, he was a judicial draftsman, covering trials, in particular that of Stavisky or that of the rehabilitation of Dreyfus. He died in Paris on January 29, 1968; Shipping costs in Metropolitan France 20 euros.