Marie Joseph Leon Iwill Artwork valuations, appraisals and auction estimates

Marie-Joseph Léon Clavel, known as Iwill, was a French painter, born on 28 August 1850 in Paris and died on 4 October 1923 in Brittany or in the city of Paris. After completing his studies, he joined the imperial army to participate in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Read the full biography

Marie-Joseph Léon Clavel, known as Iwill, was a French painter, born on 28 August 1850 in Paris and died on 4 October 1923 in Brittany or in the city of Paris. After completing his studies, he joined the imperial army to participate in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. During this period, he was imprisoned in Switzerland and, touched by the magnificence and beauty of nature, decided to abandon the idea of ​​a career in the business world and to dedicate himself to landscape painting. Starting from 1875, using the pseudonym Iwill, he began to express his art at the Salon des artistes français, and subsequently also participated in the Salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, of which he was one of the founders. His artistic production ranged across numerous contexts, participating in orientalist, watercolorist and pastelist exhibitions both in France and abroad. Iwill was a great traveller, he painted the landscapes of Brittany, Normandy, Holland, Italy and New Zealand, his paintings could convey tranquility or melancholy but always expressed a sense of desolation. Iwill left this world on October 4, 1923, however it is not yet certain whether he died in Paris or Brittany.