Jellal BEN ABDALLAH (Tunis 1921-2017)

Woman in profile Gouache on paper 25.5 x 15 cm Signed lower right A Tunisian artist and illustrator based in the village of Sidi Bou Said, Ben Abdallah is a self-taught founding member of the Tunis School, whose primary inspiration is Tunisian popular culture. He likes to use delicate, simplified strokes to illustrate moments of daily life, female characters and highly poetic scenes in the manner of a miniaturist. *** Gouache on paper 25.5 x 15 cm Signed lower right A Tunisian artist and illustrator based in the village of Sidi Bou Said, Ben Abdallah is a self-taught, founding member of the Tunis School whose primary inspiration is Tunisian popular culture. He likes to use delicate, simplified strokes to illustrate moments in everyday life, female characters and highly poetic scenes in the manner of a miniaturist.