Carnet de croquis et dessins originaux

An artist of Ukrainian origin, born in Odessa in 1873, Elie Anatole Pavil arrived in Paris around the age of twenty and was naturalized in 1911. Along with French nationality, he adopted a Parisian neighborhood, Montmartre, of which he was later described as “the annalist and dedicated painter”: the Place Blanche, the Tabarin bar and the Place du Tertre, the great Montmartre landmarks of the 1920s, were the wellspring of his inspiration. A graduate of the Académie Julian, he exhibited from 1905 onward at the Salon des artistes français, the Salon des indépendants and the Salon d’automne. His studio was located at 22 rue de la Tour d’Auvergne for thirty years, before he moved to Morocco, where he settled with his daughter to paint numerous Orientalist scenes.

This charming sketchbook contains numerous sketches, preparatory drawings and studies — some in color — depicting portraits, figures (circus performers) and a still life.