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Ferdinand Loyen du Puigaudeau BIOGRAPHY
1864 Nantes, France - 1930 Criosic, France. Known for: Luminous landscape painting.
French 1864-1930. Ferdinand du Puigadeau was born in 1864 in Nantes. He studied without a master, traveling instead to Rome, Venice and Florence early in his life. He came back to France in 1888 to... Read full biography
French 1864-1930. Ferdinand du Puigadeau was born in 1864 in Nantes. He studied without a master, traveling instead to Rome, Venice and Florence early in his life. He came back to France in 1888 to travel then to Pont-Aven, where he encountered Paul Gauguin. He later journeyed to Africa, Germany... Read full biography
French 1864-1930. Ferdinand du Puigadeau was born in 1864 in Nantes. He studied without a master, traveling instead to Rome, Venice and Florence early in his life. He came back to France in 1888 to travel then to Pont-Aven, where he encountered Paul Gauguin. He later journeyed to Africa, Germany and Switzerland, and obtained a scholarship to visit Sweden. He returned again to Bretagne, where he stayed and worked for the next 30 years. It was there that he came to know and work with Degas, Monet... Read full biography
French 1864-1930. Ferdinand du Puigadeau was born in 1864 in Nantes. He studied without a master, traveling instead to Rome, Venice and Florence early in his life. He came back to France in 1888 to travel then to Pont-Aven, where he encountered Paul Gauguin. He later journeyed to Africa, Germany and Switzerland, and obtained a scholarship to visit Sweden. He returned again to Bretagne, where he stayed and worked for the next 30 years. It was there that he came to know and work with Degas, Monet and Renoir. Works by Puigaudeau are housed in important collections throughout France, including several in the Museé de Nantes, the artist's native town. Beginning in the 1850s, the religious traditions, mystical practices and culture of Pont-Aven... Read full biography
French 1864-1930. Ferdinand du Puigadeau was born in 1864 in Nantes. He studied without a master, traveling instead to Rome, Venice and Florence early in his life. He came back to France in 1888 to travel then to Pont-Aven, where he encountered Paul Gauguin. He later journeyed to Africa, Germany and Switzerland, and obtained a scholarship to visit Sweden. He returned again to Bretagne, where he stayed and worked for the next 30 years. It was there that he came to know and work with Degas, Monet and Renoir. Works by Puigaudeau are housed in important collections throughout France, including several in the Museé de Nantes, the artist's native town. Beginning in the 1850s, the religious traditions, mystical practices and culture of Pont-Aven gave birth to a new pictorial style in French painting. By the 1880s, numerous artists of a modern tenden... Read full biography
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Ferdinand de Puigadeuau, Ferdinand Loyen Dupuygaudeau, Ferdinand Loyen-du-Puigaudeau, Du Puigaudeau, Fernand du Puigaudeau
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French 1864-1930
Ferdinand du Puigadeau was born in 1864 in Nantes. He studied without a master, traveling instead to Rome, Venice and Florence early in his life. He came back to France in 1888 to travel then to Pont-Aven, where he encountered Paul Gauguin.
He later journeyed to Africa, Germany and Switzerland, and obtained a scholarship to visit Sweden. He returned again to Bretagne, where he stayed and worked for the next 30 years. It was there that he came to know and work with Degas, Monet and Renoir.
Works by Puigaudeau are housed in important collections throughout France, including several in the Museé de Nantes, the artist's native town.
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