Gabriel Augizeau (1894-1963) Oil On Canvas Rocky Coast Vendée 1953

Rocky coast in the Vendée region, oil on canvas by Gabriel Augizeau, a Vendée painter born in 1894 in Nieul-le-Dolent and who died in 1963 in Les Sables-d'Olonne.
Signed and dated 1953 lower left.
Good condition, with a few small areas of paint loss in the lower center, visible in the photos.
Painted, molded, carved wooden frame.
Painting dimensions : 50 x 29 cm.
Frame dimensions : 62 x 42 cm.
Gabriel Dieudonné Victor Augizeau is a painter renowned for his landscapes of the Vendée and the Pays des Olonnes. The Augizeau family settled in Les Sables-d'Olonne around 1905-1910, taking over a café on Rue Printanière, which also sold charcuterie. Gabriel Augizeau, who showed an early aptitude for drawing, eventually gave up the business to devote himself entirely to painting, transforming the premises into his studio.
For most of the year, he worked in his studio. But in the summer, he would set up in his "cabin," which opened onto the seafront. The port, the sailboats, and the ferryman across the channel were the painter's main subjects. The coastline, too, including the wild shores of Château-d'Olonne with the famous Pain de Sucre rocks and Île Saint-Jean, were among his favorites.