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Henry Maurice CAHOURS
Fishermen and Boats in Douarnenez, French post impressionist superb oil Painting

20th century

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A perfect study in post impressionism both in subject matter and technique. Cahours captures both the mood and the realism of Breton life, his figures are excellent and believable and his skies are full of Breton ambiguity! H M Cahours a most well respected French Painter who latterly painted Breton harbour scenes and pictures of fisherfolk going about their work. This is an oil painting on board and the picture size is 11 by 14 inches. It is framed in a gilt frame that is possibly it's original frame (framed size 19 by 22 inches) French painter born in 1889 in Paris, died in Cagnes-sur-Mer in 1974. Henry Maurice Cahors studied at the Beaux-Arts of Amiens, at the same time he was student at the high school. Arrived at Montmartre in 1911, he lived there until 1965, when he retired to the south of France. He frequented the microcosm of Montmartre and was friend with Marcel Aymé who wrote him a beautiful text honoring his works. Painter in the line of Marquet, in addition to the streets Montmartre he liked to represent, he had devoted himself to the Breton ocean views; he had bought, about 1955, a house at Les Petites Dalles, in Normandy, where Monet had lived in 1880. In 1976, the Museum Château de l'Emperi in Salon-de-Provence devoted a retrospective to him, then the Museum of Montmartre put him in the spotlight during a solo exhibition in 1987.
  • Creator:
    Henry Maurice CAHOURS (Paris, 1889 - Vence, 1974, French)
  • Creation Year:
    20th century
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 19 in (48.26 cm)Width: 22 in (55.88 cm)Depth: 3 in (7.62 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
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  • Condition:
    Beautiful oil painting in excellent gilt frame, ready to hang.
  • Gallery Location:
    ludlow, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1534214381152
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