Ferdinand du Puigaudeau: An Exhibition Dedicated to his Luminous and Poetic Work
(Re)discover the fascinating world of Ferdinand du Puigaudeau through an exhibition dedicated to his luminous and poetic work
The city of La Baule-Escoublac invites you to discover the fascinating world of Ferdinand du Puigaudeau through an exhibition dedicated to his luminous and poetic work. A painter of intimacy and mystery, he summagnified twilight atmospheres and landscapes bathed in light in a very personal impressionist style.
This retrospective offers a sensitive journey through his most emblematic paintings, where scenes of life, silent natures and bewitching atmospheres are mixed. Each painting reveals a singular view of the world, oscillating between realism and reverie.
Ferdinand du Puigaudeau (1864-1930) holds a special place among the Post-Impressionist painters. Close to Paul Gauguin from his first stay in Pont-Aven, he was admired by his peers such as Edgar Degas, but struggled to make a living from his art. His science of light, his colourful or twilight atmospheres magnify his landscapes of Brittany, Venice, his scenes of popular festivals…
In 1907, he settled in the countryside of the port of Le Croisic, at the manor of Kervaudu, where, despite precarious means, he gathered his friends the artists Jean Emile Laboureur, Emile Dezaunay, Ernest de Chamaillard, the poet José-Maria de Heredia.
He never stopped painting his garden at the manor of Kervaudu, the Brière, the marshes of the Guérande peninsula. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper in France, among others. He is the father of the ethnologist Odette du Puigaudeau (1894-1991), a specialist in the traditional cultures of the Sahara (Mauritania and Morocco).
The Bernard Boesch Museum came to life thanks to the philanthropic determination of Bernard Boesch, a painter and architect, who died in 2005, bequeathing a spectacular gallery completed by a rich and varied collection. By offering their property to the city of La Baule, the Boesch couple provided a space for past contemporary band artists.
Located in a prestigious setting in the center of La Baule, one of the world’s most beautiful bays, which flows from the Pouliguen towns to Pornichet, the Bernard Boesch Museum’s mission is to promote the work of artists. An independent workshop house is, among other things, open and only for local artists.
The Ferdinand du Puigaudeau exhibition dubbed “Capturing the Light” takes place from Saturday, 5 July to Sunday, 28 September 2025 at the MuséeBernard Boesch, 35, avenue François Bougouin, 44510 Le Pouliguen.
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