POSTES ALGERIE on 30 November 1957 issued a First Day Cover stamp based on the painting "Danse des Mouchoirs" by Théodore Chassériau (1819-1856). It was released in conjunction with his death centenary. This dark cyan blue stamp was designed and engraved by Jules Piel, using a Recess printing method. It had a face value of 35+10 F (Algerian franc). Postmark cancellation originated from Oran, Algeria.
Théodore Chassériau was a Dominican born French Romantic painter noted for his portraits, historical and religious paintings, allegorical murals, and Orientalist images inspired by his travels to Algeria. Early in his career he painted in a Neoclassical style close to that of his teacher Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres , but in his later works he was strongly influenced by the Romantic style of Eugène Delacroix.
He was a prolific draftsman, and made a suite of prints to illustrate Shakespeare's Othello. The portrait he painted at the age of 15 of Prosper Marilhat made Chassériau the youngest painter exhibited at the Louvre museum.
Théodore Chassériau was a Dominican born French Romantic painter noted for his portraits, historical and religious paintings, allegorical murals, and Orientalist images inspired by his travels to Algeria. Early in his career he painted in a Neoclassical style close to that of his teacher Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres , but in his later works he was strongly influenced by the Romantic style of Eugène Delacroix.
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