20th-century Orientalist painting. Edmond Valès (1918-2001)

Painting on wood depicting a fantasia in Meknes, Morocco, by Edmond Valès, circa 1950. Dimensions without frame: 24 X 20 cm. Dimensions with frame: 37 X 31 cm. Beautiful antique frame. Edmond Valès was born in Pau in 1928. He studied at the Nantes School of Fine Arts and then at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1946, he returned from the USA and obtained a position as a drawing teacher at the Poeymirau High School in Meknes. He taught at the Paul Valéry High School in Meknes until 1978. He was a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters and an Officer of the Order of Academic Palms. Throughout his career, he exhibited in Morocco and France.