Mills Around Batz-sur-mer - Ferdinand Loyen Puigaudeau - Brittany

Dimensions:
Unframed 46 x 56 cm, with frame 62 x 70 cm.
Oil on canvas, signed lower left.
Small repaired tear on the back of the canvas.

This work will be on display at the Guérande Antiques Fair from August 9 to 17!

Ferdinand Loyen Puigaudeau (1864-1930):
Coming from an old Breton family and cousin of Chateaubriand, du Puigaudeau is part of the generation of artists who came after Impressionism. The Pont-Aven school is certainly decisive in the work of this painter, notably through his direct relationship with Gauguin. It remains nonetheless that his pictorial approach remains very personal, his taste for independence and his temperament preventing him from being a simple admirer. Throughout his life, he was inspired by certain themes of his own, particularly night scenes and light scenes such as fireworks, carousels but also village festivals, peasants in the moonlight, seascapes at dawn, marshes... Friend of Gauguin, exhibited by Durand Rueil, a major Parisian gallery owner, bought by Degas, many great names in art recognized the talent of this painter. He is, without a doubt, in the tradition of the Flemish and French masters of the 17th century such as Aart Van Der Neer or Georges de La Tour, who were inspired by the strength and beauty of night lighting...