Vintage Jean Hugo Watercolor Original Art

Signed Watercolor “Felouque sur le Nil” by Jean Hugo, Circa 1965
Felouque sur le Nil was the Traditional Sailboat used on the Nile. Hugo (1894 – 1984) was a painter, illustrator, theatre designer and author as well as the Great Grandson of Victor Hugo.
The Original Gallery Exposition Tag is on the back of Frame Dated July 4-11, 1969. From the Estate of Fizdale and Gold who lived at 703 Flying Point Road, Water Mill, NY.

He was part of a number of artistic circles that included Jean Cocteau, Raymond Radiguet, Pablo Picasso, Georges Auric, Erik Satie, Blaise Cendrars, Marie-Laure de Noailles, Paul Eluard, Francis Poulenc, Charles Dullin, Louis Jouvet, Colette, Marcel Proust, Jacques Maritain, Max Jacob, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Marie Bell, Louise de Vilmorin, Cecil Beaton and many others. Galerie Lucie Weill was founded in 1930 on Rue Bonaparte in Paris near the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris. The gallery is closely associated with Au Pont des Arts also founded by Lucie Weill. During the period 1930-1970, the gallery was one of the high places of modern art, exhibiting Pablo Picasso , Max Ernst , Jean Arp