PEGURIER Auguste (1856-1936) 

“The bandstand, Nice”

Oil on canvas, 
Signed lower right, 
Old storage label on the back of the frame, 

Beautiful work by the painter Auguste Pégurier nicknamed “the first painter of Saint-Tropez” which represents a concert at the bandstand in the public garden in Nice. The scene takes place in 1915 during the First World War, we can distinguish in the crowd of spectators some soldiers listening to the musicians. 
This bandstand was built by ironworkers and is today in the Albert I Gardens in Nice. 

This work is reproduced on page 130 in the book: Auguste PEGURIER, The first painter of Saint-Tropez" by Claude Roger-Marx. 

Just like the Impressionist masters, the artist has a total mastery of the play of light and sunny atmospheres. His painting is characterized by vibrant touches of color allowing to transcribe the light of Provence and to express poetry in his works. 

Student of Cormon and Carolus-Duran at the Jullian Academy in Paris. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes français from 1880. Not being appreciated enough in Paris, he decided to settle in Saint-Tropez where he led a life without material worries as a landowner wine. During the interwar period, he again appeared in Parisian exhibitions from 1924 to 1935. 

These works are kept at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and at the Musée de L'Annonciade in Saint-Tropez. 

Dimensions: 50 x 65 cm without frame and 72 x 87 cm with its beautiful carved and gilded wooden frame.

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