Gallery 1 (1920-1930 )

We present below a few miniature reproductions of his work, which are hard to date, but which we have attempted to position in time, as well as define their characteristics, whenever we could.

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The first Périod ( 1920-1930

are the hand to mouth years during which he lives enthusiastically for his art, surviving on nothing more than bread and tea, as he once confessed.
His ink drawings (so-called « Miseries » and « Cannon Merchants ») represent his indignant reaction against all forms of prevailing injustice. He also illustrates books (Zola’s Thérèse Raquin), and paints watercolors (circus artists). He was attracted to brothels, as is evidenced in his so-called « Dessins à la Lanterne » (lantern drawings), which reflect with great feeling and acuity the atmosphere of the age.

His career as a teacher

For several years he was to hold a teaching position for fashion and theatrical drawing at the « Julian Academy » in Paris.
His curriculum announced :
Tuesdays from 2 to 4 :
1– Live model sketching-
2-The art of fashion– Outlining– Coloring.
3- Imitation drawing after painting– Drawing techniques black and coloured pencils-
Ink drawing—Gouache.
4– Composition
5- Color harmonizing
6- Model creation.
Regarding his teaching in the theatricals, it book place the same day 3 to 5 in altercation. His program consisted in :
1- Live model sketching– Stage costumes– Dolls
2- Theatrical history from primitive to modern times.- the Music-Hall- the Cinema.
3- The theater and its contruction– Production– Sets- Model making– Studiotheaters-
4- Visiting the great Paris Theaters.

"                    Miseries and canon dealers