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The Simple Joys of Life by Maurice Brianchon

Published on , by Caroline Legrand
Auction on 01 January 2022 - 14:00 (CET) - 7, rue Saint-Nicol - 14600 Honfleur
Maurice Brianchon, the painter of poetic reality, conjures the smell of the sea with this depiction of summer holidaymakers in Saint-Jean-de-Luz.  
Maurice Brianchon (1899-1979), La Digue de Saint-Jean-de-Luz (The Boardwalk of Saint-Jean-de-Luz),... The Simple Joys of Life by Maurice Brianchon

Maurice Brianchon (1899-1979), La Digue de Saint-Jean-de-Luz (The Boardwalk of Saint-Jean-de-Luz), circa 1960, oil on canvas, (67 x 94 cm/ 26.3 x 37 in).
Estimate: €60,000/80,000

French artist Maurice Brianchon has always been attracted to the sea. His maritime scenes of Brittany, particularly Carnac, Trouville in Normandy and Saint-Jean-de-Luz, are well known. And yet, rather than the swell of the sea or the rolling waves, the painter predominantly interests himself in the fascination…
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