Paul Leroy (1860-1942) - Paysage Orientaliste - Palmiers au couché du soleil. (vendu sans prix de reserve )

We present this superb oil painting on cardboard depicting an Orientalist landscape with palm trees by the artist Paul Leroy (1860–1942).

Title: Palm Trees at Sunset.

Medium: Oil on cardboard.

On the back, the stamp of the art supplies dealer “Vve Martin - Toiles & Couleurs”.

Artist: Paul Leroy (1860–1942). Signed lower right

Sheet size: 31 x 24.4 cm

Paul Alexandre Alfred Leroy (1860–1942) was a French Orientalist painter. Born in Paris, he spent much of his childhood in Odessa, Ukraine, where he began his artistic studies. On returning to France, he enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, studying under the academic master Alexandre Cabanel. In 1884, he won the prestigious second prize of the Prix de Rome for his painting The Oath of Brutus. Fascinated by the Arab world, he traveled extensively in Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Persia, and especially Algeria. Based in Biskra, he learned to speak and write Arabic fluently, lending greater authenticity to his scenes. He thus put his talent to work creating luminous paintings, portraits, and scenes of local life with great ethnographic accuracy. In 1893, he played an active role in founding the renowned Société des Peintres Orientalistes Français. A celebrated artist awarded the Legion of Honor in 1908, he died in Paris in 1942 after creating one final tribute to the Orient.