Null Jeanne THIL (1887-1968)
Poster "Algérie-Tunisie-Maroc par la Transatlantiqu…

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Jeanne THIL (1887-1968) Poster "Algérie-Tunisie-Maroc par la Transatlantique". 105.5 x 74 cm Covered

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Jeanne THIL (1887-1968) Poster "Algérie-Tunisie-Maroc par la Transatlantique". 105.5 x 74 cm Covered

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Estim. 20 000 - 40 000 EUR

Jeanne THIL (1887-1968) Exotic evocation OIL ON CANVAS Signed lower right 183 x 287 cm Unframed (small holes scattered on the canvas, some wear and rubbing, craquelures) Provenance | Collection of a Calais industrialist close to the artist, then passed on by descent This work can be compared with the decorations he created for the International Expositions or for the liners of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, inspired by his travels in Spain, Portugal, Greece and Tunisia. The same subject can be found in the decor for the waiting room in the medical department of the Paquebot France, reproduced in the July 10, 1983 sale catalog of Maître Guy Loudmer, œuvres d'art du France compagnie générale maritime, no. 242, but smaller in size (90 x 130 cm). Jeanne Thil (1887 - 1968) was born in Calais, and studied at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-arts in Paris, where she was a pupil of Charles FOUQUERAY. From 1911, she exhibited at the Salon des Artistes français, and did so for 56 years. She won a Grand Prix from the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs, as well as a travel grant from the Société Coloniale des Artistes Français, enabling her to travel to Spain in 1917, from where she brought back some twenty canvases with their omnipresent light. Attracted by exoticism and the countries of the Near East, she went to Tunisia in 1921. Her work entitled "Un charmeur de serpents à Kairouan" won her a gold medal in 1924, when she exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français. In 1925, her famous painting "Les Bourgeois de Calais" was chosen to decorate the Town Hall of her native town. From 1925 to 1932, she took part in numerous international exhibitions in Madrid, Barcelona, Brussels, Rome, Tokyo, Tunis... In Antwerp in 1930 and again in 1933, she exhibited three large 6x4 m panels and a 42 m frieze on Tunisia. Acknowledged by official art circles between the wars, Jeanne Thil was in great demand as a painter and poster artist. She decorated major cruise liners, including the Ile de France (1927) and the Liberté (1950), and was commissioned to paint frescoes for the Palais du Gouverneur in Dakar, the Palais Tunisien, the Palais de l'AOF and the Musée des Colonies at the 1931 International Exhibition, the 1937 Universal Exhibition and the Brussels International Exhibition, where she was responsible for decorating the Patio de la France. A major figure in Orientalist painting, her canvases celebrating the exotic imaginary were highly successful, and the French state acquired several of her works. His colorful compositions recreate a warm atmosphere by depicting the distinctive architecture before his eyes: white houses, mosques and Oriental-dressed inhabitants. "His works are a call to that far-off unknown, they draw the eye and make you want to project yourself there, that's their main aim" (François Olland, Jeanne Thil's grand-nephew). In 1958, the Musée de la France d'Outre-mer in Paris and the Musée de Calais dedicated a major exhibition to the artist, featuring over a hundred works. Some of his works celebrating exoticism are held at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, where they are featured in the exhibition Peintures des lointains in 2018. In 2020, an exhibition dedicated to her will be held at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Calais, under the title Peintures des lointains, Voyages de Jeanne Thil.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Extensive collection of around 380 stereoscopic plates, various locations around the world

Current bid 30 EUR

Set of three colonial medals with ribbons and barrettes: Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco One in silver

Estim. 550 - 700 EUR

Colonies: semi-modern and modern stamps including Andorra Tax No. 9/15, New Caledonia, Reunion, before and after independence, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, TAAF, AOF, AEF, etc. Group type, complete series including large colonial series such as Expo 1937, Tchad au Rhin, Révolution Poste and PA. To be studied. 22 albums **/*/o

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