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Figures on the Harbour Promenade, Brittany, Ca 1940, Dynamic Modernist French Oil on Canvas
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Figures on the Harbour Promenade, Brittany, Ca 1940, Dynamic Modernist French Oil on Canvas

1920 - 1940
Description

I would describe this work by André Chochon as poetry with its feet firmly on the ground! Inventive, resolutely modern and dynamic in its composition, it is humane and warm at the same time.

André Chochon was born in Brittany. From 1928 to 1930, he trained at the Beaux-Arts in Rennes from 1928-1930, where he was taught by Jules Ronsin. A rising star, he subsequently went to Paris and graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the studios of Lucien Simon and Sabatté.

Chochon exhibited from 1933 at the Society of French Artists. In 1938, he competed for the Prize of Rome and won the Second Grand Prix. In December 1940, he received a scholarship from the Casa Velasques to spend a year in Madrid but could not go to Spain until after the end of the war (1946-1947).

Our harbour scene, depicting his native Brittany, dates from the 1930s or the beginning of the 1940s. Measuring 46 x 55 cm, it is signed at the lower right. The overall size in a rustic stripped and limed wooded frame is 64 x 72 cm.

Bibliography: The life and work of André Chochon, painter, by Pierre Imbourg

Museums: Paris, Center Georges Pompidou/National Museum of Modern Art Rennes, Museum of Fine Arts Paris, ENSBA

Physical Dimensions
Height
46cm (18.11")
Width
55cm (21.65")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Declaration

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this French Modernist Harbour Painting to the 1940s.

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SA1005214
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Description
I would describe this work by André Chochon as poetry with its feet firmly on the ground! Inventive, resolutely modern and dynamic in its composition, it is humane and warm at the same time.

André Chochon was born in Brittany.

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From 1928 to 1930, he trained at the Beaux-Arts in Rennes from 1928-1930, where he was taught by Jules Ronsin.
Skippings Fine Arts

A rising star, he subsequently went to Paris and graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the studios of Lucien Simon and Sabatté.

fig 1. An oil painting on canvas depicting figures walking along a grey stone quay beside sailing vessels in a Brittany harbour under an overcast sky.
fig 1. Figures on the Harbour Promenade, Brittany, Ca 1940, Dynamic Modernist French Oil on Canvas

Chochon exhibited from 1933 at the Society of French Artists. In 1938, he competed for the Prize of Rome and won the Second Grand Prix. In December 1940, he received a scholarship from the Casa Velasques to spend a year in Madrid but could not go to Spain until after the end of the war (1946-1947).

fig 2. An oil painting on canvas depicting figures walking along a grey stone quay beside sailing vessels in a Brittany harbour under an overcast sky.
fig 2. Figures on the Harbour Promenade, Brittany, Ca 1940, Dynamic Modernist French Oil on Canvas

Our harbour scene, depicting his native Brittany, dates from the 1930s or the beginning of the 1940s. Measuring 46 x 55 cm, it is signed at the lower right. The overall size in a rustic stripped and limed wooded frame is 64 x 72 cm.

Bibliography: The life and work of André Chochon, painter, by Pierre Imbourg

Museums: Paris, Center Georges Pompidou/National Museum of Modern Art Rennes, Museum of Fine Arts Paris, ENSBA

Height
46cm (18.11")
Width
55cm (21.65")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Date of Manufacture

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this French Modernist Harbour Painting to the 1940s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1005214
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Archive I An oil painting on canvas depicting figures walking along a grey stone quay beside sailing vessels in a Brittany harbour under an overcast sky.

Figures on the Harbour Promenade, Brittany, Ca 1940, Dynamic Modernist French Oil on Canvas

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An oil painting on canvas depicting figures walking along a grey stone quay beside sailing vessels in a Brittany harbour under an overcast sky.
Figures on the Harbour Promenade, Brittany, ca 1940, dynamic modernist French oil on canvas
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An oil painting on canvas depicting figures walking along a grey stone quay beside sailing vessels in a Brittany harbour under an overcast sky.
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Mid-20th-century French modernist marine art features simplified geometric structures, expressive impasto brushwork, and atmospheric, muted colour palettes focused on working ports across Brittany and Normandy.

Artists primarily used oil paint applied onto stretched linen or cotton canvas, utilizing textured brushwork and palette knife techniques to convey atmospheric depth and movement.

Authentic works exhibit period-appropriate canvas weave, natural craquelure, oxidation on the reverse wooden stretcher bars, and original artist signatures consistent with period records.

Position the canvas as a focal accent above a console table or mantelpiece, pairing it with muted wall shades, natural timber, and neutral stone textures.

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