Armand Séguin (painter) explained

Armand Séguin (1869–1903) was a post-Impressionist French painter who is remembered for his involvement in the Pont-Aven School beginning in 1891. In 1892, he returned to Pont-Aven where he met Renoir and Émile Bernard. The following year, he associated with Paul Gauguin, who gave him lessons, and collaborated with Roderic O'Conor in producing etchings.[1]

He died in Châteauneuf-du-Faou at the age of 34, a destitute alcoholic who was suffering from tuberculosis.[2]

He was a grandson of chemist Armand Séguin.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Armand Séguin . https://web.archive.org/web/20120521140642/http://www.ifpda.org/content/node/2008 . 2012-05-21 . International Fine Print Dealers Association . 28 November 2021.
  2. Book: Jaworska, Wladyslawa . Gauguin et l'école de Pont-Aven . Gauguin and the School of Pont-Aven . Éditions Ides et Calendes . . 1971.