René Seyssaud

René Seyssaud (16 June 1867 – 26 September 1952) was a Provençal painter and is known as a precursor of Fauvism.

Biography Seyssaud was born on 16 June 1867 in Marseille, but spent his childhood at his ancestral home of Pezet house (Villes-sur-Auzon). He came from a Vaucluse family, his father (Siffrein Seyssaud) being a lawyer. As he showed aptitude for painting from a young age, he was first enrolled at the (1879–1883) and after the death of his father in 1885, he joined the , where his master was Pierre Grivolas.

Work

Seyssaud is best known for his still lifes, his landscapes and the display of peasant life. His work was especially inspired by the Provençal landscape. In the Provence, the village of Villes-sur-Auzon, a Vaucluse village, and Saint-Chamas, near the Etang de Berre, were his main sources of inspiration. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon: Portrait d'enfant, oil on canvas, 45 x 36,5 cm, 1890. Raisins et figues, oil on canvas, vers 1909.

Paysans au travail, oil on canvas, 81 × 59 cm, non datée L’Etang de Berre

Recognition 1946: Officer of the Legion of Honour and a municipal library in Villes-sur-Auzon (the ) bear his name.

Exhibitions (""): 30 April 2022 – 2 October 2022 Musée des beaux Arts de Nîmes (""): 15 July 2020 – 17 January 2021 (""): 14 July 2012 – 18 November 2012 Musée de Région Auguste Chabaud, Graveson: 14 April 2012 – 1 July 2012 Chapelle Saint-Pierre, Saint Chamas (""): 7 June 2008 – 29 July 2008 , Martigues (""): 5 November 2003 – 28 January 2004