Legoût-gerard Fernand

Fernand Legoût-Gérard, after starting a career as a civil servant, devoted himself to painting from 1903 and set up his workshop in Concarneau. He exhibited regularly in Paris, first at the Société des Artistes Français from 1889 to 1894, then at the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts from 1894. He was also present in the Salons of large provincial towns (for example in Reims from 1890 to 1903), and even abroad, where he is well known in artistic circles. Very often rewarded, Bronze medal in 1900 at the Universal Exhibition, named painter of the Navy, officer of the Legion of Honor, we owe him a large number of scenes of popular life in Brittany, which made his success and his reputation. Concarneau is one of its favorite places to evoke the picturesque scenes of the Breton markets, the quays, the activity of the port and its inhabitants. A realistic painter, he carries his easel and happily mixes with the crowds and local entertainment. It depicts the Breton women in their traditional costumes, waiting for the return of the fishermen against a backdrop of ramparts or a sunset in the bay. From his vast studio, he overlooks the coast so admired by the artists of his time. And when he is not at the markets, the artist likes to paint and draw views of Forêt-Fouesnant at dusk. In addition to Normandy, Legoût-Gérard painted in Paris, where he lived in winter, in Italy, particularly in Venice, in Greece and in Tunisia.