Signature identification

Hi all,
I am having an impossible time deciphering the attached signature. It's an oil painting, Palestine/Israel, possibly 1930s to 1950s. Is it Braucaire? Beaucaire? Any other ideas? The work shows expertise and I doubt it's an amateur.

 

Looks like D. Beaucaire.

 

That's what it looks like to me too. And here's the work of an artist by that name. Right period. Signature slightly different but could be explained by the different medium.

https://www.1stdibs.com/art/paintin...ry-french-abstract-oil-on-paper/id-a_7833472/

Debora

 

Thank you both. I found the work you referred to (although when I ran the same search earlier I didn't) and it does match. Hopefully I can now track down the artist and understand the work in context.

 

Try this. David Beaucaire. From a list of Mediterranean Jewish artists.

"BEAUCAIRE David (1917-). Originally from Egypt, install? and Israel?l. Artist-painter, Si specializes in portraits as well as abstract art. His works have been sent to the galleries and museums of Israel and? abroad."

https://jewishmoroccanarchive-co.tr...tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

Debora

 

Ha! A Google Books snippet from the Isart, Israeli Artists Year Book, 1975 edition.

"... BEAUCAIRE DAVID Born in Egypt in 1917. Studied art at the Cairo ArtSchool and frequented studios of reknown artists , among them Greta Bardi Berlin ( of the Impressionists ) and Joseph Born in Lybia , 1935. Immigra- ted to Israel 1949 ..."

Debora

 

Splendid! In the meantime I found him in the list you cited above and went on to find bits and pieces on the Jewish Historical Newspaper archive but all this information adds immensely. He lived in Tiberias, founded a studio, exhibited his work in several museums and died in 1996.
To complement the hunt, here is another work by him, shown in LaMerhav, 3 May 1965.