Jean Launois (1898-1942) Landscape of North Africa, A Port, Signed watercolour

Jean Launois (1898-1942) Landscape of North Africa, Port (Essaouira?) Signed at the bottom right. Watercolour on paper. This is likely a view of the port of Essaouira (then called Mogador), with the tower of the Portuguese fort on the left. North Africa, and Algeria in particular, played a major role in the life and work of Jean Launois. It is also an opportunity to recall that this generation of artists found particular inspiration in the landscapes, colours, and especially the light of North Africa.