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Edmond CHAMPON
1879-1963. French
Brittany, Loctudy, The Chapel of Our Lady of the Crosses, Pardon scene
Painting, oil on canvas
Signed lower right and dated 1911
On the back: "Pardon Breton / at the Sulaire chapel / Finistère / 1911 / Edmond Champon"
Painting: 100.5 x 81 cm
Modern frame: 117.5 x 98 cm (note: large format)
Very good condition, a slight vertical stretcher mark on the central crossbar
I found no trace of the Sulaire chapel mentioned on the back of the canvas. On the other hand, it is indeed the Notre-Dame des Croix chapel in Loctudy, a place that the painter depicted in another painting of similar size in 1910. An old postcard that I was able to find on the internet also shows a Breton Pardon at the Notre-Dame des Croix chapel with the beautiful tree in the foreground.
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