Paul Morchain (1876-1939) "marsh Between Rochefort And Oléron, Charente Maritime" Painter Of The

New very beautiful oil/canvas by Paul Morchain representing marshes near Rochefort in Charente Maritime around 1930, signed lower right + located on the back on the stretcher, but I was not able to decipher it. Format outside frame 50x65cm. It is therefore a very beautiful and large oil/canvas by Paul Morchain who sets up his easel here in his region of heart and birth, Charente Maritime, he paints marshes in the surroundings of Rochefort or the island d'Oléron, an emblematic landscape of the region, with its large plains flooded by numerous marshes and channels, you can even see a fisherman's hut here. Faithful to his technique, Morchain delivers here a powerful post-impressionist work, with a broad touch and a palette rich in tones, where whites, grays, greens, browns and blues dominate. As very often in his compositions, Morchain paints a large sky which takes up more than half of his canvas, a cloudy and changing sky, emblematic of the Charentaise coast. Work I no longer present Paul Morchain, born in Rochefort, appointed official painter of the Navy in 1921, renowned as much for the representations of his native Charente as for his views of Breton ports, especially around Douarnenez, an adopted Finisterian, he fell in love of Cornwall and dedicated his life to the representation of its landscapes and ports. From Douarnenez to Tréboul via Yveport. Self-taught painter, even if he took lessons from Eugène Chigot in Paris where he settled in the early 1900s. In 1906 he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français where he received a silver medal in 1913 and a medal gold in 1920. Appointed official painter of the Navy in 1921. He exhibited in a large number of Parisian galleries, Drouant, Petit... as well as in the Marine shows, Salon d'Automne etc... He painted therefore the sea, its fishermen and its boats, with a predilection for the ports of: Douarnenez, Concarneau, Rochefort, La Rochelle, Tréboul, but also Boulogne/mer... It will also be very active during the war of 1914/1918 where he produced a good number of drawings and watercolors during fights, canteens... He was appointed curator of the Rochefort museum in 1923, a position he held until his death in 1939. Today we can observe some of his works in the museums of Rochefort, La Rochelle, Bordeaux, Angoulême, Fontenay le Comte, Vincennes (War Museum).... Today he is one of the great painters of the Navy, of the Charentaise school and of the Breton school This canvas is in very good condition, currently delivered without frame Work guaranteed authentic