Pierre Albert Leroux Ink and Watercolor of French Officer on Horseback football stylized star

stylized star

it is composed of matchsticks: burned at their tips

and then the lush dark green strokes and swirls on top of it

a bit of aging/darkening to the grass on the exterior and couple of lost stitches

Pierre Albert Leroux Ink and Watercolor of French Officer on Horseback football stylized starI purchased this and a few other pieces by Pierre Albert Leroux (1890 1959) from a dealer in France I found online I just fell in love with the sense of intimacy they lend to their official, uniformed subjects (including this horse, which looks like quite an old soul to me) and no fuss manner in which they were done. While I might have guessed that he was self taught, I have learned that Leroux, born in Versailles, trained under Academic history