Robert Chailloux French, 1913-2006
Saint Cirq Lapopie
Oil on Canvas
50 x 61 cms / 19¾ x 24 inches
Signed 'Robert Chailloux' (lower left)
Description
Born in Pairs, Robert Chailloux’s artistic talent was evident from a young age. He attended the Ecole Speciale de Dessin d’Boulevard Belleville in Paris, and then the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs. In his early career, Chailloux painted wonderful pastel and gouache en plein air studies of a variety of French fishing ports, but sadly he developed a very bad curvature of his spine which restricted his mobility and eventually confined him to his studio. In his later life, Chailloux would never part with these en plein air works for he enjoyed the memories they bought back.