Paul Morchain Les Filets Bleus In Brittany

Paul Morchain, born December 27, 1876 in Rochefort where he died October 26, 1939, is a French painter and museum curator. Paul Bernard Louis Morchain is the son of François Joseph Morchain, artillery captain, and Louise Jeanne Chariot Student of Eugène Chigot and Paul-Michel Dupuy, he exhibited at the Salon from 1907, then became a member of the Société des French artists. He obtained an honorable mention in 1909, a silver medal in 1913 and a gold medal in 1920. In 1921, he became an official Painter of the Navy. He mainly represents Breton landscapes on his canvases, a few portraits or various genre scenes as in 1924, where he presents Les Beaux Jours. He paints the regions of Concarneau, La Rochelle, Brest, Morlaix, then returns each year to Douarnenez where he takes up residence. In July 1931, while he was traveling with his wife Madeleine Muck (1884-1931) to Douarnenez, the car swerved. Seriously injured by shards of glass in the throat, Madeleine died at the family home. In 1932, in Los Angeles, he participated in the artistic competitions of the Olympic Games. In 1933, he married for the second time, in Paris, Yvonne Célestine Champaut (1909-1999), painter, the painter Maurice Pellerier witnessed the marriage. He became the curator of the Rochefort Museum of Fine Arts.