Painting Of The Boat Adieu Vat At The Port Of Saint Goustan Georges Boucard November 1943 Brittany

Oil on canvas dated November 1943 and located in Saint-Goustan, a port in Morbihan (56), Brittany.
Signed lower left G. Boucard for Georges Boucard*, a painter from Lorient who took refuge in Guern (56) in 1943 for a few months following the bombing of the town in February 1943. It depicts the ship Adieu Vat under a beautiful autumn sun.
Another painting by Georges Boucard is also for sale, depicting the Guermeur mill under snow, in Guern where the Lorient painter was a refugee.
Good original condition, original frame. The canvas measures 55cm x 46cm. Delivery available via Chronopost: France €40
Europe €80
Other €160
*Georges Boucard was born on October 23, 1895, in La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée. Married to Simone Fontaine, he worked as a sign and decorative painter before dedicating himself to painting full-time. He was honorary president of the AC 14-18 and 39-45 painters' associations and a Knight of the Academic Palms. The city of Lorient owns a beautiful painting by this artist, depicting the Saint Louis church in Lorient after the fire caused by the bombings of 1943. Paintings by this discreet artist occasionally come up for auction.