Village Of Saillé In Guérande By André Prévot-valéri - Brittany

Oil on panel, signed lower right. Dimensions without frame 38 x 44 cm, with frame 54 x 62 cm.

André Prévot-Valéri (1890-1959) was trained from a young age by his father Auguste in the arts and music. A talented violinist, he considered for a time focusing on music over painting. Mobilized in 1914, he spent seven years in the army, publishing his sketches in the Annales politiques et littéraires. He became a student of Baschet and Désiré-Lucas, and then devoted himself entirely to painting. In love with the Cotentin, where he spent his holidays and married in 1920, he found his inspiration in seascapes and rural scenes from Normandy and Brittany. Having settled permanently in Granville in 1946, he painted until his death in 1959, bearing witness with simplicity and passion to the beauty of nature and life. His works are featured in numerous museums, notably in Paris (Petit Palais), Caen, Bourges, Lorient, and as far as Rio de Janeiro.