Henri Eugène Callot Iles d'Yeu (, La Rochelle, Brittany)

Very beautiful navy by Henri Callot 1875/1956 Appointed official painter of the navy in 1921. The sailboats on the coasts Signed lower left the canvas is in excellent condition the frame is in use Delivery 50 euros Eugène Henri Callot, born on December 20, 1875 in La Rochelle, and died December 22, 1956 in Paris 14th, is a French painter and fencer. Member of an old La Rochelle family, Henri Callot is the son of Ernest Callot (de) (1840-1912)1, director of an insurance company and founding member of the International Olympic Committee2. He is also the great-grandson of Pierre Simon Callot, mayor of La Rochelle between 1830 and 1834, and grandson of Eugène Dor, mayor between 1879 and 1883. His older brother Maurice (1873-1910), lieutenant of ship, commander of the submarine Pluviôse3, tragically disappeared at sea on board off Calais during a diving exercise4. His younger brother Tony (1880-1925), a civil mining engineer, is director of the Société Maritime Nationale. He married Joséphine Vincent in 1934. In 1896, he went to Athens aboard the liner Senegal5 with the aim of participating in the foil events of the first Olympic Games of the modern era. He won the silver medal, beaten by his compatriot Eugène-Henri Gravelotte, after coming out of his group undefeated against the Greek fencers. A student of Jules Lefebvre and Robert-Fleury, he exhibited at the Salon of French Artists of which he was a member from 1898 and obtained a gold medal there in 1920, the year in which he passed out of competition. In 1929, he exhibited the paintings La vague and Port Joinville, the sails which were noticed6. His paintings mainly represent landscapes of Brittany, ports, rivers, fishing boats...7 Knight of the Legion of Honor and Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, he died in 1956 in Paris. He then lived on rue de Lévis in the 17th arrondissement8.