Henry Moret, an impressionist painter facing Breton nature, maritime or bucolic

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Through two landscapes, Henry Moret depicts an authentic Brittany. With his impressionistic touch, he pays tribute to a country to which he is intimately linked, inviting us to pure contemplation. Henry Moret (1856-1913), Rivière de Pont-Aven, Finistère, 1910, huile sur toile signée et datée, 50 x 61 cm.Estimation : 70 000/90 000 € Henry Moret's landscapes elude anecdote and tend towards universality. Although they are almost all painted in Brittany, it is often difficult to situate them exactly. This is the case for one of the two paintings presented at this Brest sale, Gros temps, côte de Bretagne (60 x 80 cm), expected to fetch €80 ,000/100 ,000. The painter opens a "window" on nature,

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