Un talent vrai et fin. Арман Керуа (1830–1893)
Un talent vrai et fin. Armand Queyroy (1830-1893)

Summary/Abstract: A provincial artist and collector of the Gothic and Renaissance Art Armand Queyroy was among the co-founders of the French Society of Etchers (1862-67), as well as the member of the Archaeological Society in Vendôme, where he had been born. Besides, he was a conservator of the museum in Moulin during almost thirty years. The bigger part of his two hundred etchings depict essentially the medieval city quarters of the Central France and the scenes of folk life. His first graphic suit on the old Blois was appreciated by Victor Hugo, who especially noted a mastery of the light and shade. His experiences in the book illustration were less interested owing to their stylized nature. The artist’s oil paintings, published only several years ago, belong generally to his early period. These are small-scaled single-figured genre paintings, painted in a soft manner and in the dull halftones. As well as later, his etchings often represent the scenes with children, but without lachrymosity or mush typical for the epoch. The “Conservative Realist” Queyroy learns willingly from the old masters of the Netherlandish, Flemish and French schools and, as an etcher, remains deeply dependent upon the Neoclassicist graphic tradition of the first half of the 19th century. He is also a great master of watercolor and charcoal drawing. The actual interest for his works and personality was awaked by A. Paillet from Moulin and the citizen of Vendôme Ph. Rouillac

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