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Decorative antique ink Drawing - Chinese Vases - by Jacques Maurice Dessertenne
£ 280.00
A decorative antique ink drawing of Chinese Vases, wonderfully composed and executed by the master draughtsman and artist Jacques Maurice Dessertenne (1867 – 1926), with its monochrome colours and clever use of shading this work has a strong visual impact.
History ~ Circa 1900, France. Jacques Maurice Dessertenne was a French painter and illustrator, with an active career between 1897 and the mid 1920s. He studied under several influential French artists including Charles-Gabriel Forget and worked mostly in Paris. His range of works included zoological and anatomical engravings, paintings and historia. In his later years Dessertenne spent part of his time living in a commune in the southern Champagne wine region bordering Burgundy, where he painted landscapes. His son, Jacques-Henri Dessertenne (1906–1987) was also a recognised painter and draughtsman and they collaborated on some works. Dessertenne also had a daughter, Jacqueline (1908–1924), which died of tuberculosis. He is considered one of the master illustrators of the early 20th century and was a key figure in the development of a specific aesthetic of ornamental dictionary illustration in France.
