Armand Vergeaud Fishing Boats At The Dock

Oil on wood panel depicting moored fishing boats with figures on board, by Armand Vergeaud, signed lower right, in a giltwood frame. Portrait painted by the artist on the back of the panel. Painting dimensions: 15 x 23.5 cm. Overall dimensions, with frame: 32 x 51.5 cm. Jean Antoine Armand Vergeaud, more commonly known as Armand Vergeaud, born August 2, 1875, in Angoulême, died October 5, 1949, in Tunis. He was a student of Gustave Moreau, Fernand Cormon, and François Flameng at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. From 1927 to 1950, he was the second director of the École des Beaux-Arts in Tunis. He exhibited regularly in Paris at the Salon des Artistes Français, where he received an honorable mention in 1902, and became a full member in 1906. He was awarded a third-class medal in 1909, the Legion of Honor in 1932, and a bronze medal in 1937 at the Paris International Exposition. He is listed in the Benezit, a dictionary of painters, sculptors, draftsmen, and engravers.