Jean Bertrand PEGOT-OGIER (1877-1915) "Les régates... Lot 289

Jean Bertrand PEGOT-OGIER (1877-1915) "Les régates du Belon 1914" hst sbg Exhibition : Museum of Pont Aven "Pegot Ogier" 1993 n°43 of the catalogue reproduced page 60 92x100 Comment : "Thus, with a didactic will, he uses the interaction between art and Brittany in a choice of appropriate works to make the readers aware that their land is a source of inspiration and creator of quality works which exalt the beauty and the greatness of Brittany, and of which they can be proud. But only, Pegot Ogier warns them: they must make the difference between the painters simple illustrators of the folkloric image of their country which pleases a lot by its "exotic" side and "the painters of Brittany" who put a point of honor to reveal its entity. Only the latter are for him "true artists" because they respond to the postulate that he has imposed on himself: "the Breton soul must populate a painting, it is above all the goal that must be achieved by an artist who makes Brittany a country of choice. Quote " Pegot Ogier ", catalogue of the exhibition Musée de Pont-Aven 1993, page 11.