“After all, as the village adopted The Deserter, the Deserter adopted the village.”
JEAN GIONO
Le Déserteur © Gallimard
In exchange for basic provisions, The Deserter decorated modest interiors for people in this part of the country with personalised devotional images.
Note the ground, the naivety of the parallel perspective without any sense of depth – a notion that has been part of the artistic code since the Renaissance.
PATOIS
E tsàntro tsànton énâ à tribûna.
The members of the choir sing with all their heart. Saint Cecilia is the patron saint of singers. There is a Saint Cecilia choir at Veysonnaz; Cécilia or Caecilia at Fey, Grône…
What was Charles-Frédéric Brun’s job?
MCM. Praised be Jesus Christ for evermore. O blessed Saint Cecilia, my patron, I commend myself to your saintly protection, help me so one day I may rejoice with you in the heavenly kingdom. So be it. Marie Ce[cile Morand, at the Plan de la Croix Useigne, municipality of Hérémence, has] made this image possible on 15 March 1857. SAINT CECILIA. C.F.B.
29,8 x 21,4 cm. © Robert Hofer, Sion
Have you ever given someone a drawing that you did? Who did you give it to? If you had to sell your most beautiful drawing, how much money would you expect to be given for it?