Market Day In Front Of The Old Halls Of Concarneau By Fernand Le Gout-gérard - Brittany

Oil on canvas, signed lower right. Dimensions without frame 38 cm x 56 cm, with frame 48 cm x 66 cm.

Fernand Le Gout-Gérard (1854-1924) studied at the College of Saint-Lô, he became a collector, like his father, authorized representative of the General Treasury of La Manche. But at 33, he decided to give up his job for painting. He discovered Concarneau around 1890 and subsequently returned there for more than forty years. Member of the National Society of Fine Arts and the Pastel Society of London, he was appointed painter of the Navy in 1900. He settled permanently in Concarneau in 1903, his house, the famous villa Ty Ker Moor, became a place meeting place for painters from Concarneau. He paints markets, fairs, returns from fishing. Painter of silhouettes, he sketches women in headdresses, children. He is the favorite painter of lovers of scenes of daily life and picturesque scenes. The artist represents Brittany a lot. He is now one of the best-known painters of the Concarneau group.