Project Description
Huile sur toile
Dimensions : 46 cm x 55 cm
Signed lower left J.C Thoinot
Bréhat Island
Thoinot Jeanne-Clémentine (1876-1949)
Jeanne-Clémentine Thoinot is a French painter who traveled a lot, among others in Indonesia, in Madagascar, in the French Antilles or in Africa.
In France she mainly painted Paris and Brittany.
The Bréhat archipelago consists of the main island and 86 neighboring islets and reefs. the 13 July 1907, Bréhat was the first listed natural site in France !
Long 3,5 kilometers and wide 1,5 kilometer, the island is accessible by boat and can be visited on foot or by bike. Arriving on the island via the landing stage, borrow trails off the main streets which connect the port to the Peacock lighthouse. You will discover a multitude of coves, beaches and shelters for lost sailors.
The island of flowers
All year, the archipelago benefits from the influence of Gulf Stream which ensures a particularly mild microclimate in winter. Many varieties of flowers color the island : exotic plants like agave or echium ; flowers like hydrangea, the mimosa, mulberry, eucalyptus, aloe or camellia ...
But the flower that most symbolizes Bréhat is l’agapanthe which blooms from April to September and brightens the paths with its soft shade of blue-mauve.
The island of American corsairs and fishermen
Walking through Bréhat, you will discover a varied and rich heritage which constitutes the imprint of a maritime but also military history which marked the island. Indeed, it provides the crown of France with many corsairs who caused terror to reign in the Atlantic. On earth, there are monuments such as the Pont ar Prad built by Vauban to connect the two islands forming Bréhat and a citadel which today houses the Bréhat Glassworks.
Like many Costa Rican ports, the port of La Corderie was the starting point of a flotilla of Newfoundland bound for the seas of Newfoundland to fish for cod and whales. La Bonaventure fut the first known ship in Europe to come back from Newfoundland with holds full of cod in 1508, that is 16 years after the “discovery” of the Americas by Christopher Columbus.
Another work of seascape is proposed to you.
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