PEGURIER Auguste (1856-1936)

"Tartane bleu dans le port de Saint-Tropez, 1891" 

Pastel,
Signed lower left,
Titled on the back of the frame: "Port de Saint-Tropez",
Stamp of the sale of the artist's studio on the back.

Provenance:
- Sale at Drouot on 03/29/1990 lot 114 (sales catalog provided)
- Private collection, France

A certificate of authenticity from Mireille Pegurier will be given to the purchaser.

Beautiful work of the painter Auguste Pégurier nicknamed "the first painter of Saint-Tropez" which represents a view of the port of Saint-Tropez. There are different boats moored at the Quai Suffren.

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 him to transcribe the light of Provence and to express poetry in his works.

Pupil of Cormon and Carolus-Duran at the Jullian Academy in Paris. He exhibited at the Salon of French Artists in 1880. Not being appreciated enough in Paris, he decided to settle in Saint-Tropez where he led a life without material worries as a winery owner.
During the interwar period, he appeared again 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: 14.5 x 22.5 cm at sight without frame and 33 x 40 cm with its original golden frame.

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