Lucien Simon

11 works held in 7 museums

French painter of Breton life, from wrestlers to fairgrounds, 1861-1945

Wrestlers in Brittany, 1898.

Lutteurs en Bretagne (museum title)

Lucien Simon (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium

Burning Seaweed in Front of the Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-la-Joie at Penmarc'h, Lucien Simon

Burning Seaweed in Front of the Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-la-Joie at Penmarc'h, 1913.

Le Brûlage du goémon devant la chapelle… (museum title)

Lucien Simon (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper, France

Talking in the Twilight

Lucien Simon (French), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Bathers, 1909.

Bañistas (museum title)

Lucien Simon (French), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Bretons, 1907.

Lucien Simon (French), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Kérity Quay, c. 1937–1939.

Quai de Kérity (museum title)

Lucien Simon (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper, France

A Visit from the Collecting Sisters, Lucien Simon

A Visit from the Collecting Sisters, 1902.

En visite, sœurs quêteuses (museum title)

Lucien Simon (French), oil on canvas

Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

The Fairground Parade, 1919.

La Parade de foire (museum title)

Lucien Simon (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper, France

Traveling Circus, Finistère, Lucien Simon

Traveling Circus, Finistère, 1900.

Cirque forain, Finistère (museum title)

Lucien Simon (French), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Nausicaa, 1915.

Lucien Simon (French), oil on canvas

Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

The Friends, 1899.

Les amis (museum title)

Lucien Simon (French), oil on canvas

Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

Lucien Simon (1861-1945) was a French painter, born in Paris and died in Combrit (Finistère). A member of the group known as the Bande noire, he painted above all the Bigouden country of Brittany: wrestlers, processions, fairs and harbor scenes, as well as family and group portraits. His paintings are held in Quimper, Paris, Ghent, Oslo, Stockholm and Russia. He is linked to Post-Impressionism.

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