"the Saintes Maries Of The Sea 1958) Jean Rigaud (1912 - 1999)

RIGAUD Jean (1912 - 1999) Born in Bordeaux (Gironde). . French. Marine painter. He was a student of his father Pierre Gaston Rigaud and at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris of André Devambez. He participated in collective exhibitions, notably at the Salon of the National Society of Fine Arts where he was a member of the jury and the Committee. He won a gold medal in 1937 at the Universal Exhibition in Paris, the Messageries Maritimes prize in 1952, the Morocco prize in 1953 and the Charles Cottet prize in 1957. Named Painter of the Navy in 1956. MUSEUMS: BORDEAUX - DAX - CAIRO - MULHOUSE: Portrait of Ch. Oulmont - NIORT - POrTERS - PONTOISE - SCEAUX - STRASBOURG Oil on canvas signed lower right with anchor ⚓️ of marine painter, titled countersigned and dated 1958 on the back. Size: 33 x 55 cm with frame: 52 x 74 cm