Venice
Roger Chapelet (Versailles 1903 - Montpon-Ménésterol 1995)
Lot-No. 197
Proceeds : 1.500 €
Gouache, 48,5 x 63 cm, lo. le. sign. Roger Chapelet, framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - 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: Venice
Roger Chapelet (Versailles 1903 - Montpon-Ménésterol 1995)
Venice
Lot-No. 197
Proceeds : 1.500 €
Gouache, 48,5 x 63 cm, lo. le. sign. Roger Chapelet, framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - 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.