Mathurin Janssaud (1857-1940)

Mathurin Janssaud (1857-1940) Return from fishing Pastel, signed lower left 38x55cm very good condition French artist born in 1857 in Manosque (Alpes de Haute Provence), died in 1940. Painter of typical scenes, landscapes, marine, interiors, animated landscapes. He does not seem to have participated in the annual Paris Salons. A pastel artist rarely a watercolourist, his effect technique acquired a certain reputation, from the very typical folk theme of life in Breton ports in the days of sailing fishing and peasant women in headdresses with many variations of the theme of Breton women waiting at the quay. the return of the fishermen.