A double-sided painting, signed on both sides. An Asian still life and a Church in Cypress trees. Watercolor on watercolor board – 10.5” x 14”. A French artist, Colonel Raoul Monory was born in 1886 in Thouars (Deux Sevres), France. Monory did not begin life as an artist, but instead attended military school. During his service in the French military, Monory achieved the rank of colonel and was also named an Officer of the Legion of Honor. He eventually joined the teaching staff at the military school in Saumar, France, where he was one of Charles de Gaulle's instructors. After World War I, Monory began to take watercolor classes and over the years became an accomplished artist. He studied under the Breton artist Jean Gobaille for a time, as well as the French Orientalist artist Etienne Dinet.

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