Henri Callot (1875-1956) Wild Coast, Ile d'Yeu 1934. Painter Of The Navy, Rigaud, Mestrallet

2nd work by Henri Callot, this time a superb gouache ed 1934 representing the wild coast, I think of the island of Yeu, signed and dated lower right. Size of the sheet alone 24x34cm and 41x51cm including frame. So after the aquatint recently proposed I submit this time a superb gouache, he paints here a wild coast beaten by the Atlantic, most likely the island of Yeu, but I let the connoisseurs judge. As usual Callot masters his work to perfection, here in gouache, the artist's favorite technique. For info, a gouache of similar subject and format was sold very recently at auction for over €1,800 (see Artprice.com). Eugène Henri Callot, born December 20, 1875 in La Rochelle, and died December 22, 1956 in Paris 14e, is a French painter and fencer. Member of an old family from La Rochelle, Henri Callot is the son of Ernest Callot (de) (1840-1912), director of an insurance company and founding member of the International Olympic Committee. He is also the great-grandson of Pierre Simon Callot, mayor of La Rochelle between 1830 and 1834, and grandson of Eugène Dor, mayor between 1879 and 1883. His older brother Maurice (1873-1910), lieutenant, commander of the submarine Pluviôse, tragically disappeared at sea aboard it off the coast of Calais during a diving exercise. His younger brother Tony (1880-1925), a civil engineer of mines, is director of the Société Maritime Nationale. He married Joséphine Vincent in 1934. In 1896, he went to Athens aboard the liner Senegal with the aim of participating in the foil events of the first Olympic Games of the modern era. He won the silver medal, beaten by his compatriot Eugène-Henri Gravelotte, after emerging from his group undefeated against the Greek fencers. A student of Jules Lefebvre and Robert-Fleury, he exhibited at the Salon des artistes français, of which he was a member from 1898 and won a gold medal there in 1920, the year he was placed in hors-competition. In 1929, he exhibited the paintings La vague and Port Joinville, les voiles, which were noted. His paintings mainly represent landscapes of Brittany, ports, rivers, fishing boats... Knight of the Legion of Honor and War Cross 1914-1918, he died in 1956 in Paris. He then lived on rue de Lévis in the 17th arrondissement. This gouache is in good condition, delivered framed in a contemporary baguette Work guaranteed authentic