Marthurin Janssaud (1857 in

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– 1940) was a French painter.

Career

Little is known of Janssaud's early life other than he left his home province before the onset of

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. Like many artists of the day he initially traveled to

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, yet in time he became more interested in the scenes of

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and Concarneau. Here he would enjoy painting vivid ocean scenes and townspeople. Milmo-penny Fine Art

Retrieved March 13, 2007.

Description of works

Henri Belbeoch comments; “Janssaud’s portrayal of women in their hitched-up skirts, seeking coolness under the stormy sky, demonstrates a certain realism that distinguishes his work from other pastoral scenes favoured by his bourgeois audience. Janssaud gave his public that which he liked to paint.”

References

External links

Mathurin Janssaud at Milmo-penny Fine Art
1857 births 1940 deaths 19th-century French painters French male painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists French Realist painters 19th-century French male artists {{France-artist-stub