The Pourquois-Pas in Greenland
Roger Chapelet (Versailles 1903 - Montpon-Ménésterol 1995)
Lot-No. 127
Proceeds : 10.500 €
Oil/canvas, 50,5 x 65 cm, lo. le. sign. Roger Chapelet as well as inscribed 'Pourquois-Pas Groenland', on the frame exhibition label of the Musée de la Marine Paris 1993. - Exhibition: One man show Roger Chapelet, Musée de la Marine, Paris, October to December 1993. - 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 a. thereafter he accompagnied numerous operations of the French marine.
Roger Chapelet: The Pourquois-Pas in Greenland
Roger Chapelet (Versailles 1903 - Montpon-Ménésterol 1995)
The Pourquois-Pas in Greenland
Lot-No. 127
Proceeds : 10.500 €
Oil/canvas, 50,5 x 65 cm, lo. le. sign. Roger Chapelet as well as inscribed 'Pourquois-Pas Groenland', on the frame exhibition label of the Musée de la Marine Paris 1993. - Exhibition: One man show Roger Chapelet, Musée de la Marine, Paris, October to December 1993. - 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 a. thereafter he accompagnied numerous operations of the French marine.