Jean-louis Paguenaud 1876-1952 Off Sicily

Table Oil on light panel signed Paguenaud Jean-Louis and dated 1924 "Off Sicily" representing a wave animated by the silhouette of a ship. Paguenaud French painter who lived in Algiers for part of his childhood and discovered the sea there, before his father, a policeman, was transferred to Limoges. There, he attended the school of decorative arts while working as a painter in a porcelain factory. He then studied with William Bouguereau then joined the Navy. He brought back gouaches and drawings from his travels, which he exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in 1905. In 1922, he was accepted in the competition for official painter of the Navy. He lived for a time on a barge in Paris, then returned to settle in Limoges where he died in 1952. His works are kept in Paris at the Mariner Museum in Bordeaux at the Naval Health School. Dimensions of the work: 38 x 50 Dimensions with frame: 62 x 49 Perfect condition Colissimo shipping Free for France Neat packaging