Mathurin Janssaud 1857-1940 Pastel Back From Fishing In Brittany Port Concarneau Marine 24x35cm

Mathurin JANSSAUD, Born in Manosque in 1857 died in 1940 Back from fishing in Concarneau Pastel on paper representing fishermen unloading baskets filled with fish at the end of the day at the port. Daily life scene treated with beautiful light effects. Mathurin Janssaud was almost exclusively pastellist and sometimes watercolorist, he acquired a well-deserved reputation for his pastels depicting the life of Breton ports in the days of sailing fishing and peasant women in headdresses waiting at the quay for the return of fishermen. Signed lower right Janssaud Sources: E Benezit editions Gründ 1999 and "The painters of Concarneau" by Henri Belbéoch Circa 1900 Dimensions 24cm X 35 cm Good condition Golden baguette frame Photographs taken outside in natural light and without the glass to avoid the reflections