Antoine GADAN (1854-1934) - Lot 77

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Antoine GADAN (1854-1934) - Lot 77
Antoine GADAN (1854-1934) The reading of the Koran, 1882 Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left. 39.5 x 58 cm Antoine Gadan arrived in Algiers at the age of 27 in 1881 and lived on a farm belonging to the Count of Sonis near Bône (Annaba). He painted rural subjects which earned him the nickname of "painter of grasses". His painting is full of poetry and sincerity. Gadan is a glory of Bône, present at the Universal Exhibition of 1900, he receives the Vermeil medal from the hands of Rochegrosse. Many of his works are kept in the museums of Fine Arts of Algiers and Constantine.
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