Painting By Jean Le Moal 1934 La Pointe Saint Mathieu Finistère Le Conquet In Brittany

Rare painting from the figurative period of the great and sought-after painter Jean le Moal (1909-2007)* who is considered one of the main representatives of French non-figurative painting.
Represents old houses in the village of Pointe Saint Mathieu in Finistère (29) in Brittany. comes from a regional estate, this painting has not moved since 1944.
*Jean Ollivier Joseph Le Moal was born in 1909 in Authon-du-Perche (Eure-et-Loir) where his father Joseph Le Moal, from Breton origin.
During the war, he spent two years with his maternal family in Saint-Pierreville then in 1915 stayed for a long time with his paternal grandfather in Brest.
In 1924 he discovered sculpture, drawing and copying engravings, creating plaster bas-reliefs, earthen sculptures and medals. Coming to Lyon in 1926 to study architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts, interested more in sculpture, Jean Le Moal finally enrolled in the interior architecture section, attending the museum where he introduces you to the history of painting, and reads the works of Élie Faure.
In 1928 he painted his first paintings, on the subject, in Brittany.
When he moved to Paris in February 1929, Jean Le Moal copied paintings at the Louvre (Cézanne, Chardin, Renoir, Rembrandt, Murillo, Poussin) where he met and became friends with Alfred Manessier.
He simultaneously drew nudes in the Academies of Montmartre and Montparnasse (Othon Friesz) and painted still lifes.
In 1929, he also painted his first canvases on the motif, notably The Sea in Lampaul-Plouarzel and other landscapes but rather in the north of Finistère.
During the summer of 1934, Le Moal stayed again in Brittany, painting in particular the port of Camaret.
In 1932 he made trips to Belgium and the Netherlands, visiting the museums, and in 1934 to the south of France, with Manessier, then to Brittany, painting his last realistic canvases.
The canvas alone measures 41cm x 33cm and presents dirt and small gaps as visible in the last photos.
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