Vincent Manago was born April 4, 1878 in Toulon and died August 25, 1936 (aged 58) in Paris. He studied at the Academie Julian with Jean-Paul Laurens and was very popular in Marseille between 1900 and 1913 when he left for North Africa. He travelled and worked in Algiers and Tunis which showed in the vibrant colours and thick impasto of his paintings. As other Orientalist artists, he also used postcards as inspiration. One such postcard, Négresse pétrissant la Galette dans la Guessâa (Collections ND. Phot., Librairie d'Amico, Tunis) was used for his 1903 painting of a street scene of a young woman sorting through couscous in a clay bowl. At least four different versions of this painting were made, one of which is in the Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille.[2]
Post card - woman stirring couscous in a clay plate in Algeria, ND. Phot. 58A
He also painted landscapes of Provence and the Mediterranean coast, including the port of Martigues and the city of Venice.
Vincent Manago - View of the port of Martigues, France
In addition to being a painter, Manago also worked as a decorator of several private residences in Tunis and Algiers.
His paintings can be found in France, at the Musée Baron Martin in Gray, the Musée Cantini, and the Musée des Beaux Arts in Marseille.
His oldest son Dominique Manago, born in Tunis in 1902, also became a painter and so did his youngest son Armand, born in Paris in 1913, who changed his artist name to A.M. Guérin. Vincent Manago lived in Paris until his death on 30 June 1936.[4][5]
Selected paintings
Maisons de pecheurs et barques a Martiques, no date.[4]
Vue du port de Martigues, no date. Oil on canvas, 33x46 cm.
Prière du soir au Maroc (Evening prayer in Morocco), no date. Oil on wood panel, 46x77 cm.
^ abE. Benezit, 1976. Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs. Volume 7, p. 128. Librairie Gründ. Paris, France. ISBN9782700001495.
