Max Léon Moreau (1902-1992) - Portrait jeune femme

Oil on cardboard representing the portrait of a young woman signed Max Léon MOREAU (1902-1992) Max Léon Moreau (1902-1992) was a Belgian painter and watercolorist, born September 2, 1902 in Soignies and died September 7, 1992 in Grenade. Son of the painter Henri Moreau, he studied in Brussels, then devoted himself to portraiture and genre scenes with Orientalist influences. Career: five stays in Tunisia from 1929, three years in Marrakech after the war; regular exhibitions in Tunis, Algiers, Casablanca and Paris (Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, 1951). Style: realism mixed with Orientalism — portraits of Moroccan women, souk scenes, still lifes and Paris street scenes. Late life: final settlement in Grenade; Parkinson's disease from 1982, bringing his exhibition activity to an end. Legacy: the Casa Museo Max Moreau is dedicated to him in Grenade. Dimensions of the work: without frame: 55 cm x 44 cm The work is dated 1934 and signed bottom left shows some wear and losses; see photos. Auction results for Max Léon MOREAU in Painting: Portrait of a Moroccan Max Léon MOREAU Oil on canvas 65 x 50 cm Estimate: €8,000 - €10,000 Hammer price: €16,000 on 19/07/2008 - Intuitive ArtMarket 19/07/2008 Bonnaz-Lecomte (S.V.V.) Portrait of a man / Portrait of a Bedouin Max Léon MOREAU Oil on canvas 50 x 40 cm Estimate: €8,000 - €10,000 Hammer price: €9,500 on 03/06/2004 - Intuitive ArtMarket 03/06/2004 Tajan (S.V.V.) Portrait of a young man (1934) Max Léon MOREAU Oil on canvas 65.7 x 50.5 cm Estimate: €8,000 - €12,000 Hammer price: €7,000 on 23/06/2010 - Intuitive ArtMarket 23/06/2010 Sotheby's Young shepherdess nursing her baby (1938) Max Léon MOREAU Oil on canvas 65 x 50 cm Estimate: €4,462 - €5,949 Hammer price: €6,941 on 11/05/1999 - Intuitive ArtMarket 11/05/1999 Vanderkindere

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