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Louis Garin

Louis Garin (1888 - 1959) was active/lived in France.  Louis Garin is known for Landscape and lyrical subject painting.

Louis Garin was born into a modest family whose father was a railroad worker. He worked with his father at the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest until 1935. He enrolled in evening classes at the Regional School of Fine Arts in Rennes. He painted in his spare time and during vacations. Illustrator and painter of landscapes and lyrical subjects, he is famous for painting only the Breton region. In 1922 he exhibited at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. Between 1928 and 1938, he worked for the Manufacture de la Grande Maison de la Hubaudière, known as "H. B", in Quimper1, especially in the company of the sculptor René Quillivic and the painters Alphonse Chanteau (1874-1958) and Georges Brisson (1902-1980), Georges Renaud (1901-1994), Paul Fouillen (1899-1958) and the Toulouse-born René Beauclair (1877-1960), during the full productivity of the "Odetta" brand (Les Ateliers de l'Odet). In 1935, he collaborated in the decoration of the tourist class lounge of the Normand   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3126 characters.]  Artist bio

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Biography from Setdart

Louis Garin was born into a modest family whose father was a railroad worker. He worked with his father at the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest until 1935. He enrolled in evening classes at the Regional School of Fine Arts in Rennes. He painted in his spare time and during vacations. Illustrator and painter of landscapes and lyrical subjects, he is famous for painting only the Breton region. In 1922 he exhibited at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. Between 1928 and 1938, he worked for the Manufacture de la Grande Maison de la Hubaudière, known as "H. B", in Quimper1, especially in the company of the sculptor René Quillivic and the painters Alphonse Chanteau (1874-1958) and Georges Brisson (1902-1980), Georges Renaud (1901-1994), Paul Fouillen (1899-1958) and the Toulouse-born René Beauclair (1877-1960), during the full productivity of the "Odetta" brand (Les Ateliers de l'Odet). In 1935, he collaborated in the decoration of the tourist class lounge of the Normandie ocean liner. At the same time, he left his job as a railroad worker to devote himself entirely to painting after being commissioned to decorate the church of Sainte-Thérèse in Rennes. He was in charge of the decoration of the Breton pavilion at the 1937 Universal Exhibition in Paris. He also painted several restaurant decorations, such as Le Menach in Le Bono, the Hôtel Du Guesclin in Rennes, Manche-Océan in Vannes, the Hôtel Bellevue in Trébeurden, as well as in churches such as Saint-Joseph in La Trinité-sur-Mer, and the church of Saint-Lézin in La Chapelle-Janson in 1959, a few months before his death.


Biography from Myers Fine Art & Antiques Auction Gallery

Louis Garin is a painter and illustrator born June 23, 1888 in Rennes and died October 13, 1959 in Val-d'Iz (Ille-et-Vilaine), aged 71.  Born into a modest family, his father was a railway employee and Garin worked with his father at the Railway Company until 1935.  His passion for design and ease of performance led him to enroll in evening classes of the Regional School of Fine Arts of Rennes.

Illustrator and painter of landscapes and lyrical subjects, Garin deemed to paint only the Brittany region.  In 1922, he exhibited at the Salon of the Socit Nationale des Beaux-Arts.  Between 1928 and 1938, he worked for the Manufacture of the Great House of Hubaudire called HB Quimper, with Ren Quillivic leader, and other painters Brittany: George Brisson, Alphonse Chanteau, Georges Renaud, Paul Fouillen, without forgetting Ren Beauclair Toulouse, during this full productivity brand ODETTE (Les Ateliers de l'Odet). 

As Mheut Mathurin, Jean Dupas, Lalique, Jean Dunand, Louis Dejean, and others, he took for his part in decorating the playroom class tourism Normandy in 1935.  It was at this time that he left his job to become a railroad painter full time after receiving the order of the decoration of the church of St. Thrse of Rennes.  He decorated the Breton flag for the International Exhibition of Paris of 1937.  During World War II he took refuge in Landavran where he painted the walls of the church.



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