Description: Fernand-Marie-Eugène Legout-Gérard (1856-1924) was a French painter. He studied graphics at the Académie Julian in Paris. However, he directed his creativity towards oil painting. He immortalized mainly ports, coasts and scenes from the lives of fishermen living in Brittany. He was a member of the Société des Artistes Français and the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. He gained recognition and was awarded multiple times. He was appointed official painter of the French Ministry of the Navy*.

Description of the painting:
Le Gout-Gérard, also fascinated by Breton everyday life, paints a scene characteristic of the Concarneau coast. After a day of fishing, the weary fishermen are heading towards the port. They are completely busy rolling up the sails. The dark shapes of the wooden hulls are clearly contrasting against the violet hued surface of the water and the corresponding color of the sky. The fading light reveals the phenomenon of the reflection of the now sail-less wooden masts in the water. On the horizon, a line of grey fields surrounds the Breton bays. Separating them is the town of several dozen multi-storey buildings, which seems to be watched over by the silhouette of the church with the visible tower-bell tower built on the hill.

The composition of the representation, two-thirds of which is covered with water with an uneven, intersected by small waves surface, accentuates the most important element of the work. The artist focuses all his attention on capturing the complexity and beauty of the bay, thanks to which the town outlined in the background comes alive.