Georges Le Roy (1890-1957) - Le Chef

- Oil on canvas. Original canvas. Signed, dated, and dedicated by the artist.

- Under the leaden sky of a Paris occupied in 1943, this canvas emerges not as a mere likeness, but as an act of silent resistance against oblivion. The brush has carved in oil the presence of a man approaching fifty, a notable bougnat whose features breathe the air of the taverns on Rue de Lappe and the echo of coal bundles. He rises with the authority of someone who has built his own realm among soot and wine, wrapped in a suit of severe, almost heraldic elegance, declaring his triumph over the misery of the immigrant. From his face springs a walrus mustache, broad and anachronistic, a relic of virility that seems to challenge the city’s decadence with the stubbornness of Auvergne roots.

- Image dimensions without frame: 70 x 90 cm / 84 x 105 cm with exclusive custom frame.

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