Oriental Woman, Pencil And Watercolor - Van Biesbroeck

Oriental woman (foot), graphite pencil drawing with watercolor heightening mounted under mat and painted wooden frame (black and silver), Jules Pierre Van Biesbroeck (1873-1965), signed in the lower left corner. Frame dimensions: H. 64.5 x L. 41.5 x D. 3.5 cm; drawing: H. 40 x L. 17 cm Some chips at the level of the frame and more at the level of the drawing. Jules Pierre Van Biesbroeck (Portici / Italy 1873 - Bruxelles1965) Realistic painter of figures, landscapes and oriental scenes; sculptor of monuments, tombs and decorative elements. Pupil of his father Jules V. sr. Studied at the Academy of Ghent until the age of fourteen. Y will become a teacher. At the age of fifteen, in 1888, he exhibited at the Salons des Champs-Elysées in Paris the immense composition The launch of Argos (7.6 mx 2.6 m) which caused a scandal. Second Prix de Rome in painting (1895 and 1898) and in sculpture (1897). Settled in Bordighera in 1914, from where he explored North Africa: the light led him towards lighter tones. His oriental, colorful and virtuoso scenes from North Africa occupy an important place in his pictorial work. Author of tombs in Brussels and Ghent.