Breton Scene Oil On Canvas By Louis Rollet 18895 - 1988 61cm X 46 Cm

Breton scene Oil on canvas by Louis ROLLET 18895 - 1988 61cm x 46 cm in an American box frame we see a man waiting at the corner of the Breton house certainly a meeting ... this painting certainly dates from the years 1925-30 Louis Rollet is part of the school of traveling painters from the beginning of the 20th century. He is a student of Charles de Fouqueray. He travels in Africa, Asia, Polynesia, Japan, Madagascar and France. He first went to Madagascar where he strongly influenced local painting. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1921 and was gold medalist from this company, then at the Salon des Indépendants from 1926. He then won the Indochina Prize and went there in 1930. In 1931, he exhibits some of his paintings at the Colonial Exhibition in Paris. He spent four months in Tahiti in 1964 where he exhibited at the Soncini Gallery. His works painted during his travels are the most sought after.