ANCIENT DRAWING work by Pierre Eugène Duteurtre known as DUT (1911-1989)
DESCRIPTION
French city view with another colored pencil drawing on the back. Work by the French painter and illustrator Pierre Eugène Duteurtre known as DUT (1911-1989). Part of a large collection of drawings by the French artist that we recently purchased and which you can find in our shop. These are most likely works created at a young age such as exercises and studies.
Short biography of the author: Pierre Eugène Duteurtre known as DUT was born in 1911 in Deuil-la-Barre (Val-d'Oise, France), he was a French cartoonist and painter who began his career in 1930 at the Société parisienne d'édition (SPE), in 1947 he began to work at the Marijac publishing house. After a long career full of successes, in 1968 he abandoned comics to dedicate himself exclusively to painting. He died in 1989 in the Netherlands.
Detailed biography available on Wikipedia:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dut_(dessinateur)
Further information available in the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Akoun, Mayer.
Period: first half of the 1900s Support and technique: charcoal and colored pencil on paper
Origin: France Condition: good, with small signs of aging Measurements: 31.5 x 48.5 cm
