Skippings Fine Arts has dated this 1930s French Ink Drawing to the 1930s.
However, he would soon tire of the Academy's conservative approach, and instead choose to study at independent academies, spending time with Matisse and Albert Marquet.
Similarly, while he initially exhibited at the very traditional Salon des Artistes Français, he soon came to prefer showing his work at the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d'Automne. In 1926, Grillon had a one man show with Berthe Weill, the pioneering Paris gallerist who had provided Amedeo Modigliani with the only solo exhibition in his lifetime, and whose artists under contract included Raoul Dufy, André Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck, Diego Rivera, Georges Braque, Kees van Dongen and Maurice Utrillo.
A retrospective of the Grillon's work was held at the Petit Palais in Paris in 1939.
Roger Grillon moved from Paris to the South of France, first to Céret, then to Saint Paul de Vence, Prades and Lagrasse. The drawing presented here is situated "Etang de Bages" on the verso. The lake of Bages, just South of Narbonne, is not far from Lagrasse, so it is likely that the artist was living there at the time.
Measuring 25 x 35 cm, the drawing is signed and dated (19)34 at the lower left. The overall size in its original frame is 38 x 48 cm.
Works by Roger Grillon can be found in the museums of Algiers/Morocco, Angers, Albi, Carcassonne, Céret, Fontenay-le-Comte, La Rochelle, Grenoble, Troyes, as well as at the Musée du Luxembourg and the Musée National d''Art Moderne (Centre Georges Pompidou) in Paris.
Skippings Fine Arts has dated this 1930s French Ink Drawing to the 1930s.
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Olive Tree in the South of France, 1934 the Lake of Bages Near Narbonne French Two Coloured Ink Line Drawing on Paper
