Pair Of Oils On Canvas Mounted On Panels - Follower Paul Jouve - Period: Art Deco

Very nice pair of academic paintings, two oils on canvas mounted on panels.
These two works are attributed to a follower of Paul Jouve.

The first painting is the portrait of a naked man holding a lyre, accompanied by a magnificent tiger. The tiger representing strength, agility and power is in perfect osmosis with the lyre which is considered a symbol of unity and harmony.

The second painting represents a couple of men, in full creation.

Period: Art Deco
Dimensions: Height with frame: 71cm x Width: 44.5cm x Depth: 1.5cm
Height without frame: Height: 65cm x Width 38cm

Both painter, sculptor, engraver and illustrator, often compared to Antoine Louis Barye or Delacroix, Paul Jouve was one of the emblematic figures of this singular art that is animal painting in the years 1910-1930.

Specialist in Art Nouveau and Art Deco.

The style of the sculptural and monumental artist is in osmosis with the art deco period between the two wars.

He will demonstrate this with his drawings, his paintings, his bronze, ceramic or porcelain sculptures, his lithographs and his engravings.

Paul Jouve translates with ease the character of various animal species such as tigers, panthers, jaguars, monkeys, eagles, elephants, studied like all his colleagues of the time in European zoos.

Paul Jouve devoted his life to the exaltation of the animal world and will undoubtedly remain one of the masters of the Animal Art of the 20th century.