La quête du Livre de la jungle de Mathurin Méheut. Egypte Tissier was entrusted by the

Tissier was entrusted by the Société des grands hôtels de Nice with the organization of exceptional parties that took as their themes Russia

Highly illustrated

and especially the Fauves whose cause they would take up

Through a close analysis of the works

La quête du Livre de la jungle de Mathurin Méheut. Egypte Tissier was entrusted by theMathurin Mheut (1883 1958) had a dream: to illustrate Kipling's Jungle Book, for its exuberant plant settings and extraordinary fauna. Visiting Japan and Hawaii, he cultivated this taste for elsewhere. But it was with the philanthropist Albert Kahn, his villas and gardens, that he discovered Mediterranean flora. Patrick Le Tiec brings together here in 120 works all of Mheut's exoticism. Like his botanical plates (1931), but also animal studies,