Jean-Louis PAGUENAUD (1876-1952) - Lot 59

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Jean-Louis PAGUENAUD (1876-1952) - Lot 59
Jean-Louis PAGUENAUD (1876-1952) Temple of Angkor Wat - Cambodia About 1931 Oil on panel Quadriptych, the two middle paintings made of two joined panels (Stains, small accidents and missing parts, traces of nails.) Height : 240 cm 240 cm ; Width : 99,5 (two panels) and 198,5 cm (two panels) Provenance: - Preserved in the artist's descendants to this day Bibliography : Vincent PECAUD, Jean-Louis Paguenaud, Catalogue raisonné et illustré, Tome I, p. 134 n° 49. Originally from the Limousin region but first raised in Algeria, Jean-Louis PAGUENAUD (1876-1952) was trained at the School of Decorative Arts in Limoges and at the Académie Julian where he was said to have been a student of Bouguereau. All his life, he kept a passion for travel and the countries of the sun: Basque Country, Spain, Asia, West Indies, Africa, North Africa, Polynesia etc. In 1922, he was appointed official painter of the Navy. Paul Valéry nicknamed him "the admiral of painters, the painter of admirals". The Musée de la Marine holds several works by this brilliant colorist.
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