James McBey et le Maroc
Année de publication
2008
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This is the illustrated story of a Scottish artist whose remarkable talent and sensibility were magnificently inspired by his love for Morocco. James McBey (1883, Newburgh in Scotland - 1959, Tangier) became famous in the 1920’s in Europe and the United States for his etchings, a technique then at the height of popularity and of which he was a master, influenced by Rembrandt and Whistler. He later became a talented watercolourist and portraitist; and his virtuosity is widely recognized in his oils on canvas, the post impressionist aspect of which has compared him to Cezanne and Matisse. Charmed by Morocco from his first journey in 1912, James McBey bought a house in Tangier where he spent increasing time over the years and which became his real home. Buried in 1959 on his land which overhangs the Straits of Gibraltar, his grave is engraved with the text, in Arabic: “He loved Morocco”.
