“Provence is a much painted and, on the whole, an exceedingly ill-painted region...Those hideously garish railway posters...
The real Provence glows with soft, yet powerful colours; is severe and at times even savage, but full of the most exquisite subtleties; combines breath and nobility with a wealth of delicately varied brightness....In these admirable water colours Mr. Eisenshitz has succeeded, it seems to me, in rendering a great deal of the essential Provence.”
Well, I do take exception to the "garish railway posters" as I like them very much and do feel they capture Provence. I find Eisenschitz's water colours of Provence could be anywhere really especially the ones 1935 and before. There is one he did in 1952 I quite like and feel is evocative of Provence.
Here's some the of garish railway posters...it's possible only the best ones have survived.
The watercolours:
