La quête du Livre de la jungle de Mathurin Méheut. Egypte Hugo Naccaro : Maliya au«banquet

Hugo Naccaro : Maliya au«banquet des douze divinités«

Highly illustrated

in times reputed to be a period of recession

Through a close analysis of the works

considered by art history to be the father of Impressionism

La quête du Livre de la jungle de Mathurin Méheut. Egypte Hugo Naccaro : Maliya au«banquetMathurin Mheut (1883 1958) had a dream: to illustrate Kipling's Jungle Book, for its exuberant plant settings and extraordinary fauna. Visiting Japan and Hawaii, he cultivated this taste for elsewhere. But it was with the philanthropist Albert Kahn, his villas and gardens, that he discovered Mediterranean flora. Patrick Le Tiec brings together here in 120 works all of Mheut's exoticism. Like his botanical plates (1931), but also animal studies,