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A BEAUTIFUL BIG COLORFUL OIL (24" x 20")
SUPERB QUALITY WORK OF ART. SIGNED EDOUARD CORTES LOWER LEFT. A BUSY PARIS STREET SCENE.

ARTIST:
circle: Edouard Léon Cortès (FRENCH, 1882-1969)

CONDITION:
EXCELLENT. CLEAN NO HOLES OR TEARS.

TITLE:
"Paris Street scene"

MEDIUM AND SIZE:
Oil On Canvas.
ACTUAL SIZE OF THIS PAINTING WITHOUT FRAME IS: 24" x 20"
Height 25.4 cm.; Width 19 cm.

FRAME
IN AN IMPRESSIONIST EUROPEAN WOOD FRAME. SIZE OF THE FRAME IS. 32" x 28"

BIO

He was born on August 8, 1882 in Lagny-sur-Marne, about twenty miles east of Paris. His father, Antonio Cortès, had been a painter for the Spanish Royal Court. In 1914 Cortès married Fernande Joyeuse, with whom he had a daughter in 1916. Although Cortès was a pacifist, when war came close to his native village he was compelled to enlist in a French Infantry Regiment at the age of 32. As a contact agent Cortes was wounded by a bayonet, evacuated to a military hospital, and awarded the Croix de Guerre. After recovery he was the reassigned to utilize his artistic talent to sketch enemy positions. Later in life his convictions led him to refuse the Légion d'Honneur from the French Government. In 1919 he was demobilized. His wife had died in 1918 and he soon married his sister-in-law Lucienne Joyeuse. Cortes was very humble and lived a simple life amid a close circle of friends. Édouard Cortès died on November 28th, 1969 in Lagny, and has a street named in his honor.

PLEASE NOTE SIZE IN CENTIMETERS SHOULD READ:
61cm x 50.8cm. NOT 25.4 x 19. AS AD STATES.

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