Jean-Louis PAGUENAUD (1876–1952) - Lot 64

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Jean-Louis PAGUENAUD (1876–1952) - Lot 64
Jean-Louis PAGUENAUD (1876–1952) Group of Polynesians; Polynesian Woman (Bust) Oil on hardboard, signed lower left (the group) Gouache on paper, signed upper right (the bust), cracked glass Height: 31 and 22 cm; Width: 25 and 17 cm A native of the Limousin region but raised primarily in Algeria, Jean-Louis PAGUENAUD (1876–1952) trained at the École des Arts Décoratifs in Limoges and at the Académie Julian, where he is said to have been a student of Bouguereau. Throughout his life, he maintained a passion for travel and sunny destinations: the Basque Country, Spain, Asia, the Caribbean, Africa, North Africa, Polynesia, and more. In 1922, he was appointed official painter to the Navy. Paul Valéry nicknamed him “The Admiral of Painters, the Painter of Admirals.” The Musée de la Marine houses several works by this brilliant colorist.
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