LE MASSIF DES AURÈS PEINTS PAR CONSTANT LOUCHE

 

 

CONSTANT LOUCHE (1880-1965)
Masiif des Aurès (2,328m)
Algérie

La montagne
L'Aurès ou Les Aurès , est une région en partie montagneuse située dans le Nord-Est de l'Algérie, caractérisée à la fois par sa riche histoire, son relief en partie montagneux et par son peuplement traditionnel, le groupe berbère des Chaouis. Le massifIcorrespond à la partie orientale de l'Atlas saharien, dont il est séparé par une pénéplaine abritant notamment le Chott el Hodna. Il s'amorce à l'est des monts du Zab, au nord-est de la ville de Biskra et au sud-est de Batna et se poursuit vers l'est jusqu'aux abords de Khenchela. Encore plus à l'est, le massif est prolongé par les monts de Tébessa et des Nementcha. Enfin le Sahara marque au sud la fin de l'Aurès.

Le peintre
Constant Louche est né à Alger où il a reçu une bourse de sa ville natale, pour aller aux Beaux-Arts de Paris. Bien qu'il peigne des nus et des portraits, il est surtout apprécié des collectionneurs de l'époque pour ses paysages d'Algérie dont il est l'un des meilleurs représentants avec ses couleurs chaudes. Ces toiles ont été présentées dans les salons et galeries d'Alger, au Maroc, en Corse et à Nice, mais aussi dans son atelier. Il commence à exposer à Alger à partir de 1907.

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JEBEL CHELIA PAINTED BY LÉON CARRÉ

LÉON CARRÉ (1878-1942)

Jebel Chelia (2,398m - 7,867ft)

Algeria 

In  Paysage Algérien, Oil on canvas, 1934,  Private collection 

The mountain 
Jebel Chelia (2,398m - 7,867ft)  is a mountain located in the east of Algeria. It constitutes the highest peak of the Aurés mountain range, on the border of the wilaya of Batna and the wilaya of Khenchela. Mount Chelia is the second highest mountain peak in Algeria after Mount Tahat in the Hoggar and the highest regularly snow-covered from late November to late February or early March.
Many specialists highlight the Aurès as to the potential for developing seasonal tourism in the region (skiing, hiking, trekking, climbing, etc.) especially as neighboring countries such as Tunisia or Libya do not do not have high mountains. However, the means have so far not been put in place to exploit these potentialities. The construction of the first Maghreb astronomical observatory is planned at the summit of Mount Chelia, taking advantage of its altitude.

The artist
The French orientalist painter and illustrator Léon Carré entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Rennes, then he joined the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris on 1896 thanks to Léon Bonnat. He was the double winner of the Chenavard prize. He exhibited at the Salon of French Artists in 1900 and, in 1905, at the Salon des Independants, and made a first trip to Algeria in 1907.
He exhibited at the Salon of the National Society of Fine Arts from 1911, and at the Autumn Fair.
Winner of the Villa Abd-el-Tif scholarship in 1909, he settled in Algiers. Orientalist painter, he practices oil, gouache and pastel. In 1927, Léon Carré helped decorate the Ile-de-France liner for the Transatlantic Company, and designed numerous posters for the PLM Company (including the centenary of Algeria in 1930).
He also drew the 50 franc banknote issued by the Bank of Algeria in 1942.
He was recently rediscovered as a great landscaper regarded to his numerous post impressionist paintings and watercolors of Atlas mountains and Kabylia landscapes (see above)

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2019 - Wandering Vertexes...
by Francis Rousseau

JEBEL CHELIA PAINTED BY CONSTANT LOUCHE

CONSTANT LOUCHE (1880-1965) 

Jebel Chelia (2,328 m - 7,638 ft) 

Algeria 

The mountain 

Jebel Chelia (2,328 m - 7,638 ft) , Arabic: جبل شيليا‎, is a mountain in Algeria. It is the highest point in the Aurès Range which straddle the border between Algeria and Tunisia, and it is the second highest peak in Algeria after Mount Tahat. Jebel Chelia  Chélia is situated in the west of Khenchela, in Bouhmama county.

The painter 

Constant Louche was born  in Algiers where he received a scholarship from his hometown, to go to the Beaux-Arts in Paris. Although he paints nudes and portraits, he is especially appreciated by collectors of the time for his landscapes of Algeria  of which he is one of the best representatives with his warm colors. These paintings were presented in the salons and galleries of Algiers, and in Morocco, Corsica and Nice, but also in his studio. He began to exhibit in Algiers from 1907.
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2019 - Wandering Vertexes...
by Francis Rousseau