1944 Algeria 50 Francs

This note was issued in 1944 and was painted by 2 famous painters:

One was Léon Georges Jean-Baptiste Carré (Granville June 23, 1878 - Algiers December 2, 1942) is an artist in the Orientalist style and an illustrator.

He was a student of Mathurin Mehut in Rennes, and in Paris of Léon Bonnat and Luc-Olivier Merson. He was a double Chenavard award winner. He exhibited at the French Salon "des Artistes" in 1900 at "the Salon des Independents", and made his first trip to Algeria since 1905.

In 1907, "the Salon de He was the first holder and winner of the scholarship from the Villa Abd-el-Tif in 1909, and Stayed in Algeria. He worked with oil, gouache and pastel. He contributed in 1927 in "ile of france" of the Transatlantic company . he did many posters (including the Centennial Algeria in 1930), now found in the PLM Company.

In 1935, he had the honor to make the poster of "the man who remained standing" by Paul Wenz.

The other, Emile Deloche, was a prolific French engraver, his portfolio includes dozens of banknotes.

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The expected price of it on ebay: 25 US$