MONT BABOR / ADRAR N BABUR PEINT PAR LÉON CARRÉ

LÉON CARRÉ (1878-1942)
Mont Babor / Adrar n Babur ( 2,004 m)
Algérie (Petite Kabylie)

In "En Kabylie ", huile sur toile, collection privée

La montagne
Le mont Babor (2004 m), djebel Babor ou adrar n Babor parfois Grand Babor, est une montagne de la chaîne des Babors culminant en Petite Kabylie (Algérie), à l'extrémité nord de la wilaya de Sétif. La montagne abrite des forêts de Cèdre de l'Atlas et du Sapin de Numidie (espèce endémique du Babor et du Tababort). C'est sur cette montagne que fut découverte la Sittelle kabyle (oiseau endémique de la région) le 5 octobre 1975 par le belge Jean-Paul Ledant.  Le climat de la région est froid et humide avec de fortes chutes de neige en automne et en hiver et des précipitations dépassant les 1 700 mm/an. En hiver, les températures sont basses et très souvent négatives mais chaudes en été, atteignant parfois les 30 degrés.

Le peintre
Léon-Georges-Jean-Baptiste Carré entre à l'école des beaux-arts de Rennes, puis il intègre l'École des beaux-arts de Paris le 11 mars 1896 grâce à Léon Bonnat dont il suit les cours, ainsi que ceux de Luc-Olivier Merson. Il fut le double lauréat du prix Chenavard. Il expose au Salon des artistes français en 1900 puis, dès 1905, au Salon des indépendants, et effectue un premier voyage en Algérie en 1907. Il expose au Salon de la Société nationale des beaux-arts à partir de 1911, ainsi qu'au Salon d'automne. Lauréat de la bourse de la Villa Abd-el-Tif en 1909, il se fixe à Alger. Peintre orientaliste, il pratique l'huile, la gouache et le pastel. En 1927, Léon Carré contribue à la décoration du paquebot Île-de-France pour la Compagnie transatlantique, et dessine de nombreuses affiches pour la Compagnie PLM (dont celle du centenaire de l'Algérie en 1930). Il a également dessiné le billet de 50 francs de la Banque de l'Algérie émis en 1942. En 1935, il publie des compositions pour le conte de Paul Wenz, L'homme qui resta debout, dans le numéro spécial de Noël de L'Illustration.

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JEBEL ALMOUR & JEBEL KSEL PAINTED BY LÉON CARRÉ

LÉON CARRÉ (1878-1942) 

Jebel Amour, Jebel Ksel (2,008 m - 6,588 ft) 

Algeria 

In Paysage d'Algérie, oil on canvas 

The mountain
The Jebel Amour (Amour Range)  of which Highest point is Jebel Ksel ( 2,008 m - 6,588 ft)  is located in the central area of the Saharan Atlas, with the Ksour Range in the western end and the Ouled-Naïl Range in the eastern end.
The town of Aflou, one of the highest municipalities in Algeria and also one of the coldest, is located in the range at an elevation of 1,426 m. There are about 35,000 people living in the area of the Amour Range. In Taouïala (تاوياله), located 35 km to the southeast of Aflou, there is an ecotouristic village. The mountains of the Amour Range have altitudes averaging between 1,400 and 2000 m. The highest summit of the range is Djebel Ksel, which sits at an elevation of 2,008 m.
Other notable peaks are:
 Guern Arif (1,721 m ; Mount Sidi Okba  (1,707 m  ; Mount Gourou  1,7O6m ; Oum El Guedour 1,686 m ; Kef Sidi Bouzid  1,503 m).

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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2020 - Wandering Vertexes...
by Francis Rousseau

AFKADOU MOUNTAIN PAINTED BY LÉON CARRÉ

LÉON CARRÉ (1878-1942) 

Afkadou (1,623m - 5,424ft)

Algeria (Kabylie)

In Bergers en Kabylie 1918, oil on canvas, private owner 

The mountains
Akfadou (1,623m - 5,424ft) is a mountain range of Kabylie (Algéria), dominated by two peaks, one to the west overlooking the Akfadou plateau where the TDA station is located, the other to the east is Azrou Taghat (1,542 m - 50,59ft). Snow is abundant in the cold season and rains exceed 2m (6,56 ft) per year. Akfadou extends the Djurdjura north-east and extends from Tizi Icelladen in the east to Yakouren in the west. It serves as the junction point between high and low Kabylie. Oriented full East, it faces the valley of Soummam.
The weather conditions are very harsh with heavy snow in cold seasons and rains often exceed 2,000 mm per year. With its remarkable diversity and richness in both flora and fauna, the Akfadou forest occupies most of this natural crossroads of unprecedented scale in North Africa to the point of becoming the lungs of Algeria.

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 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

AFKADOU MASSIF PAINTED BY LÉON CARRÉ

LÉON CARRÉ (1878-1942)

Afkadou (1,623m - 5,424ft))

Algeria (Kabylie)

In L'Akfadou, Kabylie 1919, technique mixte, private owner 

The mountains
Akfadou (1,623m - 5,424ft) is a mountain range of Kabylie (Algéria), dominated by two peaks, one to the west overlooking the Akfadou plateau where the TDA station is located, the other to the east is Azrou Taghat (1,542 m - 50,59ft). Snow is abundant in the cold season and rains exceed 2m (6,56 ft) per year. Akfadou extends the Djurdjura north-east and extends from Tizi Icelladen in the east to Yakouren in the west. It serves as the junction point between high and low Kabylie. Oriented full East, it faces the valley of Soummam.
The weather conditions are very harsh with heavy snow in cold seasons and rains often exceed 2,000 mm per year. With its remarkable diversity and richness in both flora and fauna, the Akfadou forest occupies most of this natural crossroads of unprecedented scale in North Africa to the point of becoming the lungs of Algeria.

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 AÏSSA PAINTED BY LÉON CARRÉ

LÉON CARRÉ (1878-1942) 

Jebel Aïssa (2,236 m- 7,336ft) 

Algeria

In Paysages de l'Atlas, watercolour, 1940, Private collection 

The mountain 
Jebel Aïssa (2,236 m- 7,336ft) in arabic جبل عيسى‎  or Mount Issa high mountain in western Algeria, thus the 4th highest in Algeria. It is part of the Ksour Range of the Saharan Atlas, within the larger Atlas Mountain System. Jebel Aïssa  is located in the Naâma Province and is one of the main summits of the mountains of the Saharan Atlas.
The Jebel Aissa National Park is a protected area within the area of the mountain since 2003.
The Ksour Range (جبال القصور‎ ) or Jebel Ksour , Stretching across the provinces of Béchar and El Bayadh, it is the westernmost range of the Saharan Atlas, with the Amour Range further east.
Neolithic art, in the form of engraved stones representing horses, elephants and other animals, is found in different caves and walls throughout the range (such as at Thyout)

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 

LALLA KHEDIDJA PAINTED BY LÉON CARRÉ

LÉON CARRÉ  (1878-1942) 

Lalla Khedidja (2,308 m -7,572 ft)

Algeria

 In Paysage du Djurdjura, 1926, Private collection

The mountain 

Lalla Khedidja (2,308 m -7,572 ft) in the Jurjura Range is the  highest summit of the Tell Atlas, a mountain chain over 1,500 km (932 mi) in length, belonging to the Atlas mountain ranges in North Africa, stretching from Morocco, to Tunisia through Algeria. The ranges of this system have average elevations of about 1,500 m (4,900 ft) and form a natural barrier between the Mediterranean and the Sahara.  Several large cities such as the Algerian capital, Algiers and Oran lie at the base of the Tell Atlas. The Algerian city Constantine lies 80 km inland and directly in the mountains at 650 meters in elevation. A number of smaller towns and villages are situated within the Tell; for example, Chiffa is nestled within the Chiffa gorge.

The Tell Atlas runs parallel to the Mediterranean coast. Together with the Saharan Atlas to the south it forms the northernmost of two more or less parallel ranges which approach one another towards the east, remaining quite distinct from one another in Western Algeria and merging in Eastern Algeria. At the western end, it ends at the Rif and Middle Atlas ranges in Morocco. The Tell Atlas are also a distinct physiographic section of the larger Atlas Mountains province, which in turn is part of the larger African Alpine System physiographic division.  The Tell Atlas and the Saharan Atlas form two natural barriers, the first against the Mediterranean and the second against the Sahara. Between them lies the valley of the Chelif and various lesser rivers.  

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.

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2019 - Wandering Vertexes...
by Francis Rousseau