Bretons outside Notre Dame de Lotivy

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Ernest Pierre Guérin (FRENCH, 1887-1952)
Bretons outside Notre Dame de Lotivy
inscribed and signed 'NOTREDAME DE LOTIVY/PRESQU'ILE DE QUIBERON/ MORBIMAN/BRETAGNE/E. GUE'RIN' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour on paper
20 x 44 ½ in. (51 x 112.5 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Ernest Guerin studied at the École des beaux-arts de Rennes before moving to Paris. His best known work depicts the customs of Breton peasants and their religious festivals. The present work depicts Bretons going about their daily life before the chapel of Notre Dame de Lotivy, Quiberon

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