Photo: Gaston Mantel , with his famous beard, at his house, across the beautiful river Bou Regreg in Rabat-Sale, Morocco
Notre grand artiste et professeur de dessin aux lycees Gouraud et Descartes, le celebre Gaston Mantel , debout au coin de sa veranda , avec sa famille dans sa maison sur les rives du Bou Regreg a Rabat-Sale
RAPHAEL COHEN ” DAIRAC” MENTOR , THE GREAT ARTIST AND TEACHER JEAN GASTON MANTEL
Raphy Cohen est alle etudier les arts a l’Ecole des Beaux Arts de Rabat sous les recommandations du professeur de dessin du Lycee Gouraud, Jean Gaston Mantel , lui-meme tres grand artiste-peintre de Rabat qui a fait plusieurs expos et chefs d’oeuvre representant le Maroc pittoresque et des natures mortes.
Acting upon the strong recommandations of the great artist and teacher , the world renown Jean Gaston Mantel , Raphael Cohen went to study art in all its forms at the prestigious Ecole des Beaux Arts in Rabat, French Morocco few years before the declaration of Independence of that kingdom.
Jean Gaston Mantel was Raphael Cohen teacher in College as he was also mine and to many others students from my beloved city of Rabat since 1950..That great painter was very famous in French and Independent Morocco until his death. His works are abundant in oils, gouaches,sketches ( dessins ), posters, illustrations of school books and various other publications ..His numerous exhibits attracted all the intellectuals of Rabat, Morocco and France . His paintings, very much in demand during his life , are today auctioned in Casablanca and France and reached regularly prices in the six digits, US dollars currency.
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Composition, oil :natives young girls in picturesque Morocco
1980 Jean Gaston Mantel “les jeunes filles”
