335 - Fernand MORIN (1878–1937)

Fernand MORIN (1878–1937) The Entrance to the Port of Pont-Aven Oil on canvas, signed lower right Traces of an exhibition label in the upper right corner 46 x 75 cm (Signs of wear, craquelure, small areas of missing paint, relining) A native of the Vendée region, Fernand Morin met the painter Pierre-Eugène Clairin during World War I: “...As a pilot in Squadron 219 during the war, our sketch artist was Fernand Morin, a painter from the Vendée region and a friend of Moret’s, who lived in a studio on the Pont-Aven pier. It was he who led me to choose Pont-Aven as the place where I was demobilized in 1919. Through him as well—a friend of Maître Correlleau—I met Ernest Correlleau upon his return from captivity. A mutual friendship developed immediately, and we promptly moved into the Lezaven studios (Paul Gauguin’s former studio), which Ernest Correlleau had purchased. …” Bernard Aumond and Xavier Maudet, “Mauléon Autrefois”