Jacques Tronchet (1923-2006) - Piraillan, Le Cap Ferret

Piraillan, Le Cap Ferret

Signed by the artist Jacques Tronchet (1923–2006)

Oil on canvas
Signed
J. Tronchet

Circa 1980

Artwork dimensions: 50 x 61 cm

A truly beautiful painting!

Piraillan is a village in the commune of Lège-Cap-Ferret, in the Gironde department, located on the peninsula of the Arcachon Basin.
You are immediately captivated on arrival by road, when you cross the bridge at the entrance to the village. To the left, the view opens onto the distinctive oyster-farming district, which extends into the basin and naturally forms a beautiful harbor for oyster and fishing boats.
To the right, the Réservoirs de Piraillan nature reserve offers a landscape straight off a postcard.

This is a magnificent painting with refined details – oyster farmers’ cottages, fishing boats and small craft on the basin – rendered in a warm color palette that evokes a summery atmosphere.

In excellent condition!



Jacques Tronchet was born on October 30, 1923, on rue Saint Jacques in Tonneins (southwest France, Lot-et-Garonne) and died on March 6, 2006, in the same town.
He was the son of Georges Tronchet and Catherine-Lucienne Braquet.

Jacques Tronchet studied at Lycée Bernard Palissy in Agen. It was during these years that this thoughtful young man joined the Resistance at a very early age.
He was arrested by the Gestapo in Toulouse on December 2, 1943, and transferred to Saint-Michel Prison in the same city.

Jacques Tronchet was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp, prisoner number 43,532, where he spent more than 18 months before being liberated at the end of the war.

When his family came to welcome him at Tonneins station, especially his sister, the person who arrived was a young man, greatly weakened by those terrible years, who weighed no more than 40 kg.

Jacques Tronchet had been destined for a career in architecture, but life decided otherwise.
Those years of war had indeed ruined his youth, as well as his professional career, so it was only natural that he returned to the family business and worked alongside his father for several decades.

On July 26, 1950, he married Mme Jeanne-Henriette Laporte in Marmande.

Jacques Tronchet had been passionate about painting and art in all its forms since early childhood, his sister, Mrs. Ginette-Marie Bernard, recalls: “... At the age of five or six, he built cardboard cities. He drew, and this love of painting would never leave him…”

He painted a large number of works, including romantic still lifes, the marketplace in Tonneins, the quays, the countryside, Saint Germain, and more. He also turned his attention to Le Cap Ferret and Saissac.



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