Lot n° 188
Estimation :
800 - 1200
EUR
Pierre PERON (1905-1988) - Lot 188
Pierre PERON (1905-1988)
Brittany, land of the past
Original gouache drawing, 1948
Signed and dated lower right "P. Péron (19)48" with a small sea anchor.
Small accident at top right margin.
70.5cm x 100 cm
Beautiful map of Brittany, in the spirit of the Seiz Breur, of which the author had been a member since 1935, showing the main monuments of the region: Brest, Le Folgoat, St. Pol de Léon, Guimili. Pol de Léon, Guimiliau, Plougastel, Quimper, Tronoan, Lannion, Tréguier, Plougonven, Ste Anne, St. Yves, Guéhenno, Pleyben, St. Fiacre, Carnac, St. Brieuc, St. Servan, Fougères, Rennes, Vitré, Locmariaquer, Suscinio, Josselin and Nantes. The sea, meanwhile, is decorated with seagulls, ships and fish.
Pierre Péron studied at the École des Beaux-arts in Brest and Nantes. He worked mainly as an illustrator and drawing teacher, but also as a decorator (in Brest, for example, he designed the Armor cinema in 1932 and the Cercle naval in 1965). In 1937, he designed five ceramic panels for the entrance to the Breton pavilion at the Universal Exhibition. He collaborated with several Seiz Breur artists, notably René-Yves Creston and Germaine Jouan. In 1942, after being detained in Austria for two years, he was promoted to approved painter for the Navy Department, and was appointed curator of the Brest Naval Museum in 1972.
Bibliography:
-Fanch Le Henaff (ed.), "L'art graphique et moderne de Pierre Péron", ed. Locus Solus, 2015
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