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57. North African Parade

Artist: Felix Joseph BOUCHOR, French, (1853-1937)
Execution date (approximate): 1916
Téchnique: Oil on Canvas, (signed lower right)
Measures: 38 x 46 cm.
Description: A Crowd Parading with colorful Flags to celebrate a Moroccan Festival. A
vibrant and colored image of an excitement scene or a parade in the village, showing
BOUCHOR at his best.

Provenance: the Forbes Collection, (Palace in Tangiers-Morocco).

Exhibition
Work of Art stored in private

Publications
Paintings of Bouchor Musee d’Orsay in Paris

Biography
Joseph-Félix Bouchor was a French painter born in Paris. He studied at the Beaux Arts
and exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1878. After seeing action during World
War I and depicting scenes from the front line, he traveled to North Africa. The present
painting was in the Collection of Forbes. It depicts a Moroccan Festival from this period,
and shows Bouchor at his best. He illustrates the hustle and bustle of a village parade,
infusing the painting with light, vibrant colours and capturing the scene of excitement
in the village. It is a true snapshot of community life. He painted the frame of the actual
painting himself (he actually used to do so to many of his paintings). His works can be
found in many public collections, namely Musée D’Orsay in Paris, and in the Museum of
Beaux Arts in Marseille, Angers, Vannes and Nantes.

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