An oil on canvas, Pardon Breton by Henri Maurice CAHOURS
An oil on canvas, Pardon Breton by Henri Maurice CAHOURS
8.500,00 €
Henri Maurice CAHOURS (1889-1974)
While still in high school, he began studying at the Beaux-Arts d'Amiens, then finished his studies in Lille.
He moved to Paris in 1911 to Montmartre, the artists' district. He remained there until 1965, when he retired to the South of France.
He participated in the Salon des Artistes Français, the Salons des Indépendants and the critics and collectors were there.
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| Dimensions | 104 × 50 cm |
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Henri Maurice Cahours paints the streets of Montmartre, but soon specializes in seascapes, landscapes, genre scenes of Brittany.
Every year from 1920, he went to Brittany and frequented Douarnenez...
The artist's seascapes resemble those of the painter Marquet, with a well-tempered palette, made up of a few subtle colors delicately modulated, creating a contemplative atmosphere.
However, Cahours produced very lively genre scenes, with a lively, cheerful, lively and colorful touch where all the soul of Brittany resounds.
Here we see a procession called the Breton pardon.
A pardon is a form of pilgrimage mainly found in Brittany. A pardon is organized at a fixed recurring date, in a determined place and is dedicated to a precise saint.
The pardon includes a mass and an outdoor procession to a sacred place following a determined route. The relics of the saint and banners are part of the procession. Some processions can be particular: some are circular (the troménies), others can have a route at sea.
In addition to the frame that delimits the scene in triptych, the composition is clearly visible. The grandmother and her granddaughter on the left, in the center the beginning of the procession and on the right in the background the church. The artist shows the viewer the happiness of the inhabitants.