Louis-Auguste Dechelette (1894-1964) acrylic on board titled “Mixing Poison”. It is signed lower right and bears an exhibition label on the back. It also has a christies lot number taped on the back from a 2010 sale in which it was bought in. This is a delightful folk art painting.
Biography
Plasterer and painter by trade, Louis-Auguste Déchelette was discovered in 1941 by Robert Rey, director of Fine Arts and was very successful. He exhibited for the first time in 1942 at Galerie Jeanne Bucher. his paintings tend to political trends, street scenes and campaigns, always animated with funny characters, and marked in their subject and composition, a bit of black humor.
Exhibitions
1942 Galerie Jeanne Bucher. Paintings of Louis Déchelette
1944 Galerie Jeanne Bucher. André Bauchant, Beautiful Narcissus Déchelette
1947 Galerie Jeanne-Bucher Painters and sculptors popular:. Bauchant, Belle, Dechelette Existence Sayous Vincent and Tameza
1948-1949 Galerie Jeanne-Bucher. Circuses, music halls Fairgrounds Louis Auguste Déchelette
1960 Galerie Jeanne Bucher. Pagava, Dechelette Szenes, Tobey