For its new space, the Galerie de Bretagne has chosen an exhibition of works by the painter Le Scouëzec, who rests in the cemetery of Ploaré. A figure of Breton painting in the 20th century, he is also an emblem of the School of Paris between the two wars, and of landscapes from Africa.
elsewhere and here. Title of the inaugural exhibition dedicated to the painter Maurice Le Scouëzec.
This exhibition brings together a selection of around thirty unpublished works from his Breton, Parisian, and African periods. Maurice Le Scouëzec, a renowned painter of Montparnasse during the interwar period, a painter of Africa and an emblematic figure of modern painting in Brittany, chose Douarnenez as his last port of call. The author of two large murals in the hall of the market lived at 1, rue du centre. At the end of his life, he mingled with the circle of artists in Douarnenez, such as Lionel Floch, Désiré-Lucas, Abel Villard… He rests in the cemetery of Ploaré.
From June 6 to July 8, 2026. Free entry. Open from Tuesday to Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
