Pont-Aven,
cité des peintres
Pont-Aven, cité des peintres
Culture

Painting - Literature - Architecture - Architectural Heritage

Literature
Several writers passed through or spent time in Pont-Aven. Many wrote travel journals, but two famous authors chose to live in Pont-Aven and celebrated the town with talented prose and poetry...
  • Theodore Botrel : 1868 Dinan - 1925 Pont-aven
  • Botrel's love of poetry and learning got him involved in the theatre at an early age. His first success was the famous song "LA PAIMPOLAISE"; this success began his career as a singer. He gave con...
  • Xavier Grall : 1930 Landivisiau - 1981 Quimperlé
  • Xavier Grall worked at the weekly paper LA VIE for thirty years. He was a journalist filled with poetry. Starting in 1966, he dedicated himself to writing prose and poetry. He was convinced that he co...
  • Authors' Quotes
  • "Pont-Aven - both the town and the surrounding areas - offered one hundred peculiarities to any artist wishing to study there..." Cambry, 1794 "The Pont-Aven river, when followed to the sea...

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