Big Sky Fine Art has dated this French Coastal Oil Painting to the 1920s.
French ( b.1899 - d.1987 ).
Le Golfe Du Morbihan, Bretagne, 1927.
(The Gulf Of Morbihan, Brittany, 1927).
Oil On Panel.
Signed & Dated Lower Right.
Image size 14.4 inches x 17.3 inches ( 36.5cm x 44cm ).
Frame size 18.5 inches x 22 inches ( 47cm x 56cm ).
The painting is presented and supplied in its original wooden frame (which is shown in these photographs) which today has modern fixings ensuring the security of the piece.
This antique painting is in very good condition, commensurate with its age. It wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display.
The painting is signed and dated 1927 lower right.
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Louis Suire was a renowned French artist, known as the “painter of light” and especially associated with the isle of Ré, where he established a studio. Talented in many fields, he was a writer, publisher, and musician as well as a painter. Based in La Rochelle, he was a popular and hard-working artist who produced sensitive and elegant work and cared deeply about the region.
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This atmospheric coastal landscape is an original oil on panel painting by the French artis t Louis Suire (1899–1987), signed and dated 1927 in the lower right corner. The work depicts the tranquil waters of the Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany, one of France’s most celebrated and picturesque maritime regions.
Painted in Suire’s early career, the composition captures a serene Breton harbour scene with several small sailing boats gently moored in calm water. Their slender masts and subtle reflections create a rhythmic foreground that draws the viewer’s eye across the luminous surface of the inlet. Beyond the boats lies a quiet tidal landscape of sandbanks and low islands, culminating in a rocky outcrop rising from the sea in the middle distance. The pale sky, softly brushed with drifting clouds, bathes the entire scene in delicate coastal light typical of the Atlantic shores of western France.
The painting beautifully demonstrates Suire’s sensitivity to light, atmosphere, and maritime life, themes that would become central to his artistic career. The restrained palette of blues, greens, and warm earth tones evokes the peaceful stillness of Brittany’s sheltered waters, while the balanced composition reflects the influence of early twentieth-century French landscape painting.
An elegant and authentic Breton marine landscape, this signed oil on panel by Louis Suire would appeal to collectors of French coastal painting, Brittany seascapes, and early 20th-century European marine art.
For a full biography of this artist please see his listing on www.bigskyfineart.com .
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Big Sky Fine Art has dated this French Coastal Oil Painting to the 1920s.
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Louis Suire 1899 - 1987. The Gulf of Morbihan, 1927. Framed French Oil Painting of the Brittany Coastline.
