Abel Bertram (1871-1954) "busy Port In Brittany" Loguivy, Guilvinec, Fauve Breton, St Omer

Superb oil/canvas by Abel Bertram representing a tawny landscape of a lively Breton port, perhaps Loguivy? (mark on the back) signed lower left. Format of the painting alone without frame 38x46cm. It is therefore a magnificent Fauve composition by Abel Bertram who paints one of his favorite themes, a Breton port animated by characters and boats, we can indeed see in the foreground a quay with two sailors, then trawlers, in the distance fishermen's huts. His paste and his way of painting is inimitable and immediately recognizable, thanks to his very powerful touch, often with juxtaposed commas, but also his palette, here made of grays/blues, pink, grays, browns, enhanced by touches of red and orange intense. A sublime major work, typical of the artist. Abel Bertram, born in Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais), September 9, 1871, and died in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, August 3, 1954, is a French post-Fauvist painter. Son of a transporter, Abel Bertram learned the basics of his art in his hometown before settling in Lille where he became a student for three years at the school of fine arts in the workshop of Pharaon de Winter (1849 -1924) then he was admitted to the Beaux-Arts school in Paris in the studio of Léon Bonnat (1833-1922). In 1900, he settled in Ponthieu, while maintaining links with the capital, since in 1904 he had his workshop at no. 59 rue Caulaincourt, and in 1908 at no. 10 rue Seveste. In 1923 and 1928, he lived at no. 23 boulevard Gouvion-Saint-Cyr in Paris. In 1901, he met Antoine Guillemet who gave him valuable advice for carrying out work on the pattern. He paints landscapes, nudes (Seated Nude, Museum of Modern Art in Paris), and seascapes in Finistère in a Fauvist style very tempered by gray skies and misty horizons. He settled permanently in Paris in 1927, returning regularly to Saint-Omer to paint the landscapes of Picardy. A member of the Salon d'Automne, he exhibited regularly there as well as at the Salon des Tuileries and took part in the 1926 retrospective of the Indépendants with his paintings Le Livre, La petite Eva, Sortie de maison and Rue de village. At the Indépendants in 1927, he exhibited L'eau jaune and L'eau verte, then in 1928 Baigneuse and Reclining nude and in 1929 a nude and another unnamed canvas. At the National Society of Fine Arts, he exhibited outside of competition. He died at his home, 23 boulevard Gouvion-Saint-Cyr, on August 3, 1954. Canvas in very good original condition, delivered in a superb old frame to limed green patina OR delivered without frame for €1100, your choice. Guaranteed authentic work.