Watercolor Breton Scene Louis Garin (1888-1959)

Very beautiful little watercolor by Louis Garin representing a scene of Breton life taking place in the forest. (Pardon ?). Dimensions: 25 x 19 cm Frame: 32 x 25 cm Louis Garin was born into a modest family whose father was a railway worker. He worked with his father at the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest until 1935. He enrolled in evening classes at the regional school of fine arts in Rennes. Louis Garin marries and becomes a father. He paints in his spare time and during his holidays. Illustrator and painter of landscapes and lyrical subjects, he is renowned for only painting the Breton region. In 1922, he exhibited at the Salon of the National Society of Fine Arts. Between 1928 and 1938, he worked for the Manufacture de la Grande Maison de la Hubaudière, known as “HB”, in Quimper, notably in the company of the sculptor René Quillivic and the painters Alphonse Chanteau (1874-1958) and Georges Brisson (1902-1980). , Georges Renaud (1901-1994), Paul Fouillen (1899-1958), and the Toulouse René Beauclair (1877-1960), this during the full productivity of the “Odetta” brand (Les Ateliers de l'Odet). In 1935, he participated in the decoration of the games room of the tourism class of the Normandy liner. At the same time, he left his job as a railway worker to become a full-time painter after receiving the order to decorate the Sainte-Thérèse church in Rennes. He designed the decor for the Breton pavilion of the 1937 Universal Exhibition in Paris. During the Second World War, he found refuge in Landavran, where he decorated the walls of the church. He also paints numerous restaurant decors, including Le Menach at Bono, the Du Guesclin hotel in Rennes, Manche-Océan in Vannes, the Bellevue hotel in Trébeurden as well as in some churches such as Saint-Joseph in La Trinité-sur- Sea, or the Saint-Lézin church in La Chapelle-Janson in 1959, a few months before his death. He also works for the Sarreguemines earthenware factory, for which he creates table services with Breton decorations. He died in Val d'Izé on October 13, 1959. Souce: Wikipedia