RAYMOND WINTZ | Belle Île, le Port de Sauzon
Signed R Wintz (lower right)
Oil on Canvas
65 x 81 cms, 25½" x 32"
Raymond Wintz paints the small fishing port of Sauzon in his beautiful French seascape painting. The town is situated on the North East coast of Belle île en Mer, an island just off the coast of Britanny. Wintz's subtle use of tone creates a sense of movement in the piece.
Wintz was described as a ‘painter of light’ and enjoyed a reputation as one of the finest artists working in France at this time. He gained a firm appreciation by critics and collectors as a leading painter of landscapes, sea and harbour scenes
Joseph Raymond Wintz was born in Paris in 1884. He was the son of the painter Guillaume Wintz (1823-1899) and the husband of the painter Renée Carpentier-Wintz (1913-2003).
He was a student at the École Français, and studied under Jules Adler and G. Ferrier. As a young man Wintz had a brilliant military career before he became a key figure in the Parisian artistic circles of the early twentieth century.
Wintz was described as a ‘painter of light’ and enjoyed a reputation as one of the finest artists working in France at this time. He gained a firm appreciation by critics and collectors as a leading painter of landscapes, sea and harbour scenes.
His inspiration was the picturesque harbours dotted along the Brittany coastline, which he often portrayed through an open cottage door or window.
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