Jules Émile ZINGG (1882-1942). Lively scenes and character studies (including sketches). Set of five ink washes, pencil and watercolor on paper bearing the signature stamp (tears, folds, yellowed paper). Height 13 cm to 47.5 cm - Width: 16 cm to 62.5 cm Also included: - "Les chanteurs du Bon an au pays de Montbéliard". Pencil on paper mounted on paper, signed and dated 1908 lower right, titled (typed) lower center. Height 13.5 cm - Width 18.5 cm Probably an illustration project for a newspaper, framed. Provenance: the artist's descendants. Jules Emile ZINGG entered Fernand CORMON's studio at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1902. He specialized in landscape painting and was named second prizewinner of the Prix de Rome in 1911. From 1926 and the creation of the "Société Belfortaine des Beaux-Arts", major exhibitions were organized at Belfort museums, where his works were exhibited alongside those of Anders OSTERLIND, René-Xavier PRINET and Georges FRESET.