Jules Émile ZINGG (1882-1942). Lively scenes and character studies (including sketches). Set of five ink washes, ink and pencil on paper and cigarette paper bearing the signature stamp (tears, folds, yellowed paper). Dim. of the smallest: Height 24 cm - Width 15 cm Size of largest: Height 32 cm - Width 49 cm 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.