Alfred Marzin "the Goemoniers Of Notre Dame De La Joie" Brittany

Alfred Marzin, born in 1880 in Saint-Yrieix (Haute-Vienne) and died on October 1, 1943 in Nantes, is a French painter. Biography[edit | [edit code] Alfred Marzin is a student of Yan' Dargent. Painter and xylographer, he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1920 to 1939. His production is exclusively devoted to Brittany: views of ports and small towns, scenes from the daily life of farmers and fishermen. In 1931 and 1932, he wrote and illustrated tourist brochures devoted to Finistère and Morbihan, published by the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de Paris à Orléans (of which he was also one of the employees). His work is rich in port scenes. located in Concarneau, Douarnenez, Camaret or even Combrit and the banks of the Odet. In 1923, he exhibited at the Salon of French Artists with a painting "rising tide". At the time his address was 2 rue St. Michel in Angers. In 1924, he returned with a painting "la pointe du Van (Finistere) residence in Angers. In 1926, he exhibited again "la pointe des pois" and "l'anse de Conleau", he then resided in Tours. In 1927, he presented at the Salon "The seaweeds" and the "Port de Roz bras". In 1928, he presented "the seaweeds, Notre-Dame-de-la-Joie Penmarch" In 1929, he exhibited outside the competition the "Reflets in rising tide, bay of Douarnenez" In 1932, he presented 2 paintings, "pardon gris à Penmarch" and "The burners of goemon" In 1933, still at the Salon des Artistes Français, he exhibited 2 paintings "Morning in the port of Douarnenez » and “At low tide, Bénodet”, its address is then 10 rue Vergniaud in Bordeaux