Auguste-Jean Gaudin

Auguste-Jean Gaudin (29 July 1914 – 23 May 1992) was a French painter and engraver. He was a pupil of Pierre Galle at the School of Fine Arts of Rennes.

Biography

Gaudin was born on 29 July 1914 in Argentré-du-Plessis. From 17 April 1929 to 31 March 1930, employed by the merchant Zappone & Pénard, Rennes. From 1 April 1930 to 30 September 1931, he was employed by the merchant lingerie J. Even, Rennes. In 1933, he was a soldier in the first regiment of Zouaves in Casablanca. During World War II, he was a prisoner of war at the Stalag IV-C; this camp consisted of several districts including the Brüx Hydrierwerk. After the war, he married Jacqueline Auberty, assistant conservation at the Cabinet des Estampes et de la photographie, Paris.

Public collections

• Douai, musée de la Chartreuse, Les Nouvelles écluses de Douai, oil on canvas sur toile, 1,00 x 0,81, signed, bought by the city before 1950.
• Rennes, musée des Beaux-arts, Près de Saint-Briac, drawing, 0,56 x 0,76, signed and dated 1959, bought by the city in 1959 [1].
• Nantes, musée des Beaux-arts, Ducasse de Gayant à Douai, artist's gift in 1989.
• Present location unknown : six works by the artist have been bought by the French State and are mentioned here [2]

References

• Arthur W. Heintzelmann,"Prints of Michel Ciry and Auguste-Jean Gaudin", The Boston Public Library quarterly, April 1953, p. 107-110 :
• Anonymous, Albert H. Wiggin Gallery Features etchings of Ciry and Gaudin, Boston Public Library News, vol. 5. N° 4. April 1953.
• Jean-Marie Dunoyer, "Hommage à Félix Bracquemond", Le Monde, 26 September 1974, p. 19.