Forgiveness To Our Lady Of Joy In St Guénolé Penmarc'h By Ernest Guérin, Brittany

Watercolor. Large triptych signed lower right on the large plate and titled "Pardon to Our Lady of Joy - Saint Guénolé Penmarc'h - Brittany".
This watercolor is protected by museum glass: anti-reflective and anti-UV.
without frame the two small ones: Width: 21.5 cm, Height; 47.5 cm
without frame the large one: Width: 61 cm, Height: 47.5 cm
with frame: Width: 118 cm, Height: 58 cm
This triptych by Ernest Guérin illustrates with sensitivity and finesse an emblematic Breton tradition, mixing religious fervor and popular roots. Through a soft palette and a style close to symbolism, the artist captures the mystical and solemn atmosphere of this procession. Ernest Guérin (1887 - 1952): Ernest Guérin was a student of Lafont and Ronsin at the Beaux-Arts in Rennes. He exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Artistes Français, of which he became a member and was a member of the South Wales Society. He also exhibited at the Royal Cambrian Academy. In 1905, he was awarded a silver-gilt medal at the École des Beaux-Arts, and in 1907 the medal of excellence. Painter and illuminator, spokesperson for the Bretons, the sea, the Country and its legends. Anatole Le Braz saw in him the interpreter of Brittany penetrated by the poetry of "the past". An original artist, he practiced gouache, watercolor, and illumination with equal joy and participated in numerous Salons. Very quickly his reputation grew, through the character of his work which depicts the customs of Breton peasants, the traditional religious festivals, and the wild character of Brittany through its landscapes, its climate and its atmospheres. Ernest Guérin's landscapes reflect an art inspired by Japanese and Chinese works, mixing small characters lost in a nebulous landscape which occupies the entire composition.