Seaside Farmhouse In Le Pouldu (finistère, South Brittany) By Auguste De Perguern, 19th Century

In the foreground on the left, thistles are in bloom; on the right, a farmhouse that appears dilapidated; on the left, a small ruined building; in the background, between tall trees, the sea can be glimpsed.

Le Pouldu (municipality of Clohars-Carnoët), south of Quimperlé in Finistère, Southern Brittany.
Oil on canvas on a keyed stretcher.
Height 38 cm – width 55 cm.
Signed lower left. On the back, a label bearing the name and location.
Late 19th or early 20th century.
Good condition, no restoration, varnish yellowed, would benefit from cleaning to revive the colors.

Auguste Louis René de Perguern (Pontivy 1856 – Rennes 1945). The Rennes Museum holds a work by this painter.

“Le Pouldu: A Land of Inspiration for Painters. It was in Le Pouldu, at the Buvette de la Plage (Beach Inn), that Paul Gauguin settled down, far from the crowds of Pont-Aven, at the end of the 19th century. Joined by Sérusier and other artists, the walls of the modest inn became the canvas for their creations. The ever-changing landscapes, the costumes, daily life… all the energy of the region inspired the artists. “I love Brittany; I find the wild, the primitive there. When my clogs echo on this granite soil, I hear the muted, muted, and powerful tone that I seek in painting,” wrote Paul Gauguin, without imagining that here in Brittany, between Pont-Aven and Le Pouldu, a revolutionary pictorial style would be born: Synthetism.” (Thanks to the Clohars-Carnoët town hall website)