In 2018, we will pursue our investigation of Paris and etched images in the first half of the XXth century. After Frédéric Grégoire, the lyrical artist from Provence, and Gaston Boutitie, the creative engineer, we will meet with the last of our three mysterious Brouet publishers: Octave Bernard, a pugnacious print merchant and devout amateur and author of single-act theater plays.
In the anonymous crowd of parisian artists of the early XXth century, we will single out two illustrators, Samanos and Léon Dax - the latter possibly not that unknown to us... We will also recall the elusive Gaston Eychenne, delicate etcher and one-time friend of Brouet's, whose premature death cast such a dense shroud over his work - said to be quite remarkable - that we can no longer find any trace of it...
Finally, we will carry on our reporting on recently surfaced Brouet works of interest and on his colour etchings, with special interest in his original work - well, still all in french, I'm afraid...With that, I wish a you a very fruitful year 2018!
