Louis Garin, Artist From Brittany 1888 – 1959 Country Scene Oil On Canvas 46x38 Cm

Louis Garin, Artist From Brittany 1888 – 1959 Country Scene Oil On Canvas 46x38 cm signed lower left and on the back LOUIS GARIN, artist from Brittany 1888 – 1959 Louis Garin born June 23, 1888 in Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine) and died October 13, 1959 in Val-d'Izé (Ille-et-Vilaine) is a French painter and illustrator. A rue Louis Garin pays homage to him in Rennes. Louis Garin – Biography – Birth June 23, 1888 in Rennes - Death October 13, 1959 (at age 71) Val-d'Izé Nationality French Education Rennes Regional School of Fine Arts Activities Painter, illustrator, ceramist Influenced by Mathurin Méheut Louis Garin was born in a modest family whose father is 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 Quimper1, 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 for the decoration of the Sainte-Sainte-Sainte-Marie church. Thérèse de Rennes. Louis Garin, an artist from Rennes, devoted most of his career to Brittany, although he found his place in the salons of the interwar period. allows us to reveal a rich and diversified production as an easel painter, he enjoys representing the daily life of his contemporaries as much as traditional or popular festivals: mid-Lent, regattas, pardons... He leaves his mark as a talented decorator. in numerous civil or religious establishments (Hôtel Duguesclin, Ouest-Éclair dispatch room and Sainte-Thérèse Church in Rennes, Saint-Martin de Vitré Church, Saint-Joseph de la Chapelle-Janson Church...) Creator of ceramic models , he works with the HB Manufacture in Quimper, producing Odetta earthenware or stoneware. Finally, he stands out particularly as an illustrator of periodicals and works (La Chanson du Cidre by Frédéric Le Guyader, Tryphyna Keranglaz by Anatole Le Braz...) The exhibition presented in Fougères is the opportunity for Denise Delouche, Gwenaella Souet-Monnier and Philippe Théallet to present the current state of this artist's research. He designed the decor for the Breton pavilion of the 1937 Universal Exhibition in Paris1. 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.