Fernand Pelez, 1904 - The Bite of bread old man in a bowler hat, a bag slung - fine art print

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The Bite of bread old man in a bowler hat, a bag slung is a masterpiece made by the artist Fernand Pelez. The masterpiece was painted with the size: Height: 179 cm, Width: 69,5 cm and was produced with the technique of Oil, Canvas (material). The piece of art forms part of the digital art collection of Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris. We are glad to reference that this public domain artwork is provided with courtesy of Petit Palais Paris.Creditline of the artwork: . The alignment of the digital reproduction is in portrait format with an image ratio of 3 : 4, meaning that the length is 25% shorter than the width.

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Old man wearing a bowler hat, a bag slung profile, seen from the waist

The Bite of bread is the only painting by Peel for the state on the occasion of an order from the Department of Fine Arts in 1881 on the theme of "charity". The implementation of this large composition (National Fund of Contemporary Art) will not begin until 1900 and will end in 1908. Ten preparatory sketches are preserved at the Petit Palais. They are painted in a dark shades in the manner of ink wash. The characters are represented by groups or individually, scale. Urban poverty affects primarily a workforce unskilled, sick and injured workers, that economic crises leave unemployed and destitute. Given the delay of social reform, Catholic organizations still occupy at the end of the nineteenth century a prominent place in charitable activity. Open Rue Cujas, the work of the Bite of bread is named in reference to the Last Supper of Jesus with the apostles.

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