Ile d’Yeu, France (La Meule La Rue)

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Jean Rigaud
Ile d’Yeu, France (La Meule La Rue)
1964

About the Item

This painting will be shipped from our New York City location and viewings are available by appointment. This painting is by French artist Jean Rigaud (1912 - 1999) and was painted in 1964. The provenance is Private Collection, New York and was originally acquired from the Vera Lazuk Gallery, Cold Spring Harbor, NY. (see photos of vintage label stating same). It is signed lower left 'Jean Rigaud' and is also signed, titled and dated verso. Beautifully painted with heavy impasto. It has a beautiful vintage modernist frame by Alexander Lazuk Frames, Cold Spring Harbor, NY. The frame size is H 23.75” x W 33.75”. The condition of the painting and frame are excellent. Rigaud's work is widely collected and he has works in numerous museums. He had over 50 one-man-shows during his lifetime. The subject of the painting is an Island in France called the 'Ile d'Yeu'. It is an island and commune just off the Vendée coast of western France. The island's two harbors, Port-Joinville in the north and Port de la Meule, located in a rocky inlet of the southern granite coast, are famous for the fishing of tuna and lobster. A 20th-century French realist and impressionist painter, especially known for marine subjects, Jean Rigaud was born in Bordeaux in 1912, just before the beginning of World War I. He also did other subjects including French village scenes and works reflecting his widespread travels including to Spain, Egypt and Morocco. For the French government, he was Official Marine Painter and in that capacity traveled to the United States on the ship, Jean Bart. His early training was from his artist and art-teacher father, Pierre Gaston Rigaud, and he encouraged his son as well as other students to develop their own unique approach to painting. He then enrolled in the l'Ecole des Beaux Arts at the Atelier André Dewambez. In 1925, Jean Rigaud began exhibiting at the Paris salons, and this entry began a prolific series of exhibition venues including 53 one-man exhibitions between 1938 and 1974. The Galerie Durand-Ruel featured his work in exhibitions every other year between 1956 and 1974, the last one being the gallery's final exhibition. Among his prizes were the 1937 Gold Medal in Paris at The International Exhibition; the 1953 Prize of Morocco; and the 1956 "Painter of the French Navy" award. Among the museums that collect his work are the National Museum in Paris, the Museé de Tours, Musée de Poitiers, and the Musée Strasbourg. Shortly after the death of Jean Rigaud in 1999 at his home in Guyenne, France, a one-man retrospective of his work was sponsored by the Musée de la Marine at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris.

Creator:
Jean Rigaud (1912-1999, French)
Creation Year:
1964
Dimensions:
Height: 16 in (40.64 cm)Width: 26 in (66.04 cm)
Medium:
Oil
Movement & Style:
Impressionist
Period:
1960-1969
Condition:
Both the painting and the frame are in excellent condition.
Gallery Location:
Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU51632274621