Calvary In Brittany, Circa 1900, Pastel Signed Georges Lorgeoux, With Inscription To F. Fénéon

Georges Eugène Lorgeoux (1855-1933)
A Calvary in Brittany
32.8 x 25.8 cm
Pastel on paper
Signed and dedicated, lower left: "A l'ami Fénéon, / Souvenir de Georges Lorgeoux"
Formerly in the collection of renowned art critic and dealer Félix Fénéon (1861-1944)

Very good condition, framed under glass
Dimensions with frame: 53 x 43 cm

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Signed by Georges Eugène Lorgeoux, a Breton artist born in Lorient in 1855, who was a student at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in Gustave Moreau's studio, this beautiful, perfectly preserved pastel, is a souvenir certainly drawn on the motif, brought back from this region which was so inspiring for modernity in painting around the end of the 1890s, if we think of artists such as Charles Guilloux, Henry Moret and Roderic O'Conor, for example.

Lorgeoux exhibited several times at the Salon des Artistes Français, between 1896 and 1901, with, in 1897, a seascape of Belle-Ile-en-Mer depicting the Pointe des Poulains.

The fine inscription to Félix Fénéon suggests that our artist had caught the attention of this important art critic and dealer with the Bernheim-Jeune gallery in the early decades of the twentieth century, a close friend of Seurat, Luce, Cross and Signac.

The work is in excellent condition and the pastel has retained all its freshness.
The Breton calvary depicted here has not been located, so please let me know if you manage to identify it.