Description: Beautiful correspondence of 6 letters from the painter Paul-Elie Gernez Beautiful correspondence of 6 letters from the painter Paul-Elie Gernez Document type : Signed autograph letters and cards Number of documents: 6 - Number of pages: 11 p. - Size: In-4 to in-12 Place : Honfleur Date : 1924-1927 RECIPIENT : Georges Ricou (1880-1954), general secretary of the Comédie Française and director of the Opéra Comique State : Good. Set of 6 letters from Paul-Élie Gernez: three letters and three cards. Gernez congratulates Ricou on his appointment to the Opéra Comique in 1924: “I appreciate the distinction that you have just received as if I had been personally honored […]”; " I'm working. When I've finished, I start again […] with my eyes drowned in the estuary, I feel myself becoming aquatic, a fish-man, a Neptunian”; he quotes Laforgue, speaks of his boredom, nicknames his friend in Voltaire fashion "Georges Arouet Ricou" and notes the progress made: "when I look behind me at what I have done, the trace I have left of myself -even, I consider that the furrow dug does not cut very deeply into the fruitful substance that I carried within me […]. You have to go to the end of yourself, even from defeat to defeat […]. Dare, dare, dare to go even further […]”. Gernez talks about his walks in the Normandy countryside, his paintings, pastels and nudes, Tony Reymond, his Parisian framer, the two works for which he drew etchings, Genitrix by Francois Mauriac (1925) and The Path to Paradise by Charles Maurras (1927), without much enthusiasm, etc. Beautiful friendly and artistic correspondence. Black, brown and green ink. A preserved envelope. Paul-Elie Gernez (Onnaing, 1888/1948)As a painter, he made landscapes, seascapes and still life his favorite subjects. Fixed costs: same costs for all buyers Services Shipping time: 1 business day Insurance: included in shipping costs Excluded locations: No locations are excluded Payment Payment methods accepted: Bank check Contact us for any questions. Gernez congratulates Ricou on his appointment to the Opéra Comique in 1924: “I appreciate the distinction that you have just received as if I had been personally honored […]”; " I'm working. When I've finished, I start again […] with my eyes drowned in the estuary, I feel myself becoming aquatic, a fish-man, a Neptunian”; he quotes Laforgue, speaks of his boredom, nicknames his friend in Voltaire fashion "Georges Arouet Ricou" and notes the progress made: "when I look behind me at what I have done, the trace I have left of myself -even, I consider that the furrow dug does not cut very deeply into the fruitful substance that I carried within me […]. You have to go to the end of yourself, even from defeat to defeat […]. Dare, dare, dare to go even further […]”. Gernez talks about his walks i
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