Bigoudènes Au Lavoir By Lucien Simon - Brittany

Watercolor, signed lower left. Size unframed 21 x 34 cm, framed 47 x 59 cm.
This watercolor is protected by museum glass: anti-reflective and anti-UV.

Lucien Simon (1861-1945) studied with Tony Robert-Fleury and William Bouguereau at the Académie Julian. He debuted at the 1885 Salon with academic canvases that reflected his interest in genre scenes, then portraits of interiors. The discovery of Brittany opened up a new path for him, and he painted lively, everyday subjects in a bold but solid style.
He traveled to Holland and Spain, but remained faithful to Brittany. He enriched his art with shimmering colors and adopted a sketching style that gave his subjects spontaneity and freshness. Very famous in his day, he took part in numerous salons in Berlin, Munich, Vienna and London, and exhibited in Paris at the famous Berheim Jeune gallery and also at Charpentier. A professor at the École de Beaux-Arts in Paris, his studio is considered modern and very popular.
Numerous museums own his works: the Musée National d'Art Moderne, the Musée de la Ville de Paris, the Musée du Petit Palais, the Musée d'Orsay, the Musée de Lyon, Nantes, Colmar, Rouen, Quimper, and abroad in Stockholm, Moscow, Helsinki, Chicago, Pittsburg, Dresden, Venice and Budapest.