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Pierre NeveuSaint Nazaire French Harbour Boats and Shipyard Study Modern French
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About the Item
Title: Saint Nazaire French Harbour Boats and Shipyard Study Modern French
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 5.25 x 7 inches
Signed: Titled lower right “St Nazaire”; no signature visible
Condition: Good overall with light handling marks and minor edge wear from sketchbook removal; perforated margin to the left as originally bound. Paper surface fresh with strong colour and no tears.
Provenance: From the artist’s studio sale in France; all works by this artist in our collection originate from the artist’s estate.
Description: A lively coastal study by Pierre Neveu depicting the working port of Saint-Nazaire on France’s Atlantic coast. The painting shows fishing boats drawn up near a shipyard, with cranes and warehouses lining the harbour wall. Neveu’s blend of watercolour and gouache gives the scene both fluid transparency and solid form, his swift pencil-like outlines anchoring the shimmering washes of ultramarine, slate, and ochre. The sheet’s perforated edge suggests a page from his travel sketchbook — painted quickly, directly, en plein air.
Saint-Nazaire is renowned for its shipbuilding heritage and maritime architecture. Neveu’s composition balances industrial geometry with the human scale of boats and tidal reflections, showing his architectural training and modernist sensibility. His colour harmonies — muted greys offset by a single red-hull highlight — capture the working atmosphere of a busy port while retaining painterly poise.
Ideal for collectors of mid-century French landscapes and maritime art, this compact original encapsulates Neveu’s ability to merge structure and spontaneity within a single briskly observed moment on the French coast.
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- Creator:Pierre Neveu (1929)
- Dimensions:Height: 5.25 in (13.34 cm)Width: 7 in (17.78 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Cirencester, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU509317123252
Pierre Neveu
Pierre Neveu was born in Paris. He was a professor of Drawing. Some of his exhibits include Invite d'honneur, Salon de Margency (1998); Nolan-Rankin Galleries Houston, Texas (1997); Kulturklub des Europäischen Patentamt Munich (1987); Beernau Foret-Noir (1985); and Marie de Tour-sur-Marne, Champagne (1983).
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