Pierre Albert Leroux Ink and Watercolor of French Officer on Horseback unusual broom It's nice and substantial

It's nice and substantial

which I think just adds to its charm

This flea market-found oil painting on canvas catches me off guard every time I look at it: the reverberation between those bright orange oranges and that terrific off-key green background gives it a startling pop

and one thin slice in the clay on the bottom of one plate

made with real slate that retains a sense of many many years of school lessons performed across its surface--and I believe this is an especially old one (19th c I think)

Pierre Albert Leroux Ink and Watercolor of French Officer on Horseback unusual broom It's nice and substantialI 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