Pierre Albert Leroux Drawing of French Soldier at Camp, 1908 Japanese hand thrown plate perched on a shelf

perched on a shelf

and I find the drawings pretty charming--a pretty great thing for the desk

award it as a trophy

a bit of loss to the paint on the back side and a couple of small spots on the front visible if viewed from a certain angle

The tray measures 15 1/4" long x 6 1/2" wide x 1 1/2" deep

Pierre Albert Leroux Drawing of French Soldier at Camp, 1908 Japanese hand thrown plate perched on a shelfI purchased this and a few other pieces Pierre Albert Leroux (1890 1959) from a dealer in France that I found online; I think I saw this one first, and just fell in love with its immediacy, and perhaps especially the rendering of the seated cross legged next to his campfire int he background! While I might have guessed that he was self taught, I have learned that Leroux, born in Versailles, trained under Academic history painters Fernand Cormon and