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Mathurin Meheut BIOGRAPHY
1882 Lamballe, France - 1958 Paris, France. Known for: Abstract imagery, figures, marine, book illustrations, drawings, horses.
A Breton painter, Mathurin Méheut studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Rennes, from which he graduated at the age of twenty. He completed his studies at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and... Read full biography
A Breton painter, Mathurin Méheut studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Rennes, from which he graduated at the age of twenty. He completed his studies at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and with the designer and decorator Eugène Grasset, while at the same time as contributing to the... Read full biography
A Breton painter, Mathurin Méheut studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Rennes, from which he graduated at the age of twenty. He completed his studies at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and with the designer and decorator Eugène Grasset, while at the same time as contributing to the magazine Art et Décoration. In 1904 he provided illustrations for the book Fantôme de Terre-Neuve by Léon Berthaut, the first of several books he worked on throughout his career, and in 1906 began exhibiting... Read full biography
A Breton painter, Mathurin Méheut studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Rennes, from which he graduated at the age of twenty. He completed his studies at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and with the designer and decorator Eugène Grasset, while at the same time as contributing to the magazine Art et Décoration. In 1904 he provided illustrations for the book Fantôme de Terre-Neuve by Léon Berthaut, the first of several books he worked on throughout his career, and in 1906 began exhibiting regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français. Although Méheut settled and established his career in Paris, he returned frequently to Brittany, working at Douarnenez, Quimper, Roscoff, Paimpol and elsewhere in the region. Between 1910 and 1912 Méheut... Read full biography
A Breton painter, Mathurin Méheut studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Rennes, from which he graduated at the age of twenty. He completed his studies at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and with the designer and decorator Eugène Grasset, while at the same time as contributing to the magazine Art et Décoration. In 1904 he provided illustrations for the book Fantôme de Terre-Neuve by Léon Berthaut, the first of several books he worked on throughout his career, and in 1906 began exhibiting regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français. Although Méheut settled and established his career in Paris, he returned frequently to Brittany, working at Douarnenez, Quimper, Roscoff, Paimpol and elsewhere in the region. Between 1910 and 1912 Méheut worked at the marine biology station in Roscoff, alongside naturalists, and his illustrations resulted in the publication of a book, Etude de... Read full biography
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A Breton painter, Mathurin Méheut studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Rennes, from which he graduated at the age of twenty. He completed his studies at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and with the designer and decorator Eugène Grasset, while at the same time as contributing to the magazine Art et Décoration. In 1904 he provided illustrations for the book Fantôme de Terre-Neuve by Léon Berthaut, the first of several books he worked on throughout his career, and in 1906 began exhibiting regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français.
Although Méheut settled and established his career in Paris, he returned frequently to Brittany, working at Douarnenez, Quimper, Roscoff, Paimpol and elsewhere in the region. Between 1910 and 1912...But wait, there's more...
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