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

Oil on board depicting the portrait of a young man 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 Granada. Son of the painter Henri Moreau, he studied in Brussels, then devoted himself to portrait and genre scenes of orientalist inspiration. Career: five trips to Tunisia from 1929, three years in Marrakech after the war; regular exhibitions in Tunis, Algiers, Casablanca and Paris (Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, 1951). Style: realism blended with Orientalism — portraits of Moroccan women, souk scenes, still lifes and Paris street scenes. End of life: settled permanently in Granada; Parkinson's disease from 1982 onward, ending his exhibition activity. Legacy: the Casa Museo Max Moreau is dedicated to him in Granada. Dimensions of the work: unframed: 55 cm x 44 cm The work is dated 1939 and signed lower left presents 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 19/07/2008 - Intuitive ArtMarket 19/07/2008 Bonnaz-Lecomte (S.V.V.) Portrait of a man / Portrait of a Bedouin woman Max Léon MOREAU Oil on canvas 50 x 40 cm Estimate: €8,000 - €10,000 Hammer price: €9,500 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 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 11/05/1999 - Intuitive ArtMarket 11/05/1999 Vanderkindere

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