A Three-Master in the Weser Estuary
Roger Chapelet (Versailles 1903 - Montpon-Ménésterol 1995)
Lot-No. 396
Proceeds : 18.900 €
Oil/canvas. 55,5 x 75 cm. Lo. ri. sign. Roger Chapelet, on the folded canvas inscribed Arethusa. - French marine painter. C. initially worked in the marine ministry. In 1927 he began to paint, in 1936 he was appointed official marine painter. During WW II and thereafter he accompagnied numerous operations of the French marine. Mus.: Bremerhaven (Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum), Hamburg (Collection Tamm), Paris (Marine Mus.), Washington a. others. Lit.: AKL, Vollmer.
Roger Chapelet: A Three-Master in the Weser Estuary
Roger Chapelet (Versailles 1903 - Montpon-Ménésterol 1995)
A Three-Master in the Weser Estuary
Lot-No. 396
Proceeds : 18.900 €
Oil/canvas. 55,5 x 75 cm. Lo. ri. sign. Roger Chapelet, on the folded canvas inscribed Arethusa. - French marine painter. C. initially worked in the marine ministry. In 1927 he began to paint, in 1936 he was appointed official marine painter. During WW II and thereafter he accompagnied numerous operations of the French marine. Mus.: Bremerhaven (Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum), Hamburg (Collection Tamm), Paris (Marine Mus.), Washington a. others. Lit.: AKL, Vollmer.
