Born on April 29, 1875, in Faulquemont in the Moselle region of France, Balke was a student of Bouveray and Suvand in Paris. He became an exhibiting member of the Paris Salons in 1920s and in 1929 exhibited at the Salon de la Nationale des Beaux-Arts under name Balke-Gry. Listed in Benezit.
Theodor Charles Balke visited Macedonia in the period 1914-1919, likely as a military artist or part of the French troops. From this period is the painting “Lac Presba (Lake Prespa) “ which was sold on Ebay.com in November 2009 (id: 130344569778) , as well as the painting “Le monastere de Karyes sur la presquile du Mont Athos 1919” sold by the auction house Gros-Delettrez Paris on 12 June 1998 ( lot number 183). Also, the watercolor entitled in French “Grece-Lac de la Prespa 1919” was sold on Ebay in 2018.
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Where is the grave of Gerard Chowne?
For some painters, Macedonia was their final destination. Gerard Henry Tilson Chowne (1875 India – 1917 Macedonia) was a British painter that was educated at