Pierre Albert Leroux Drawing of French Soldier at Camp, 1908 Japanese hand thrown plate it shows a strong Arts

it shows a strong Arts and Crafts sensibility (looking at that row of trees along the horizon line

a bit of loss to the paint on the back side and a couple of small spots on the front visible if viewed from a certain angle

award it as a trophy

I could not resist this old wooden wheel

tethered by wire

Pierre Albert Leroux Drawing of French Soldier at Camp, 1908 Japanese hand thrown plate it shows a strong ArtsI purchased this and a few other pieces Pierre Albert Leroux (1890 1959) from a dealer in France that I found online; I think I saw this one first, and just fell in love with its immediacy, and perhaps especially the rendering of the seated cross legged next to his campfire int he background! While I might have guessed that he was self taught, I have learned that Leroux, born in Versailles, trained under Academic history painters Fernand Cormon and