Claude-emile Schuffenecker (1851-1934) Rocks At Belle-île, Pastel, Monogrammed

Claude-Emile SCHUFFENECKER
Frène-Saint-Mamès 1851 - Paris 1934

Les Rochers à Belle-île, cote de Goulphar
Pastel on paper
Monogram of the artist at the bottom right
31.5 x 25 cm sheet
38.5 x 46 cm frame

Student of Grellet, Paul Baudry and Carolus Duran he then met Paul Gauguin He and his companion were friends of the Impressionists and he put into practice the principles of Neo-Impressionism in his landscapes and seascapes of Brittany around Pont - Aven. Under the influence of Carolus Duran, he participated a few times in the Salon des Artistes Français but it was especially at the Salon des Indépendants, of which he was a founding member, that he would exhibit many works. In 1889, he organized the exhibition at the Café Volpini where Paul Gauguin, Emile Bernard, Louis Anquetin, Louis Roy and himself exhibited