Charles - Lot 114

Charles JEAN-FRANÇOIS CHARLES PIONEERS OF THE NEW WORLD La Rivière en flammes (T.9), Glénat 1996 Original cover. Signed. Oil on canvas 40 × 50 cm (15.75 × 19.69 in.) Les Pionniers du Nouveau Monde (The Pioneers of the New World) is a series that follows the adventures of Benjamin Graindal, a young Frenchman, as he wanders through 18th-century North America, in the midst of conflicts between the French, English and native peoples. Alongside Louise Dieudonné, he traverses these historically documented wars, between betrayals and alliances between the different nations. This solidly composed, all-oil cover features a twilight atmosphere, with the light of the sky contrasting with the backlighting of an intense battle scene. A clear, narrative staging in a dramatic, immersive low angle. A classic from the Belgian school of the 1980s.