Christian Caillard
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Ouessant

The island of Ouessant, lying at the westernmost tip of Brittany, occupies a singular place in Caillard's later work. He returned there repeatedly from the 1940s onward, drawn by its desolate moorland, its storms and sudden clarities, and the particular quality of Atlantic light that changes hour by hour. These paintings distil that austere beauty into canvases of remarkable concentration.

66 work(s)

  1. 1047Ushant
  2. CC-0139The house of the old woman
  3. CC-0162Vieille maison en Bretagne
  4. CC-1015The wheat

1956

  1. 1006The Sheepherder in Porsnoan
  2. 1006 bisLa Gardienne de moutons, le Kun
  3. 1067Heather at Ouessant
  4. 1068Houses in Poscarn

1957

  1. 1091 bisThe Keller House on a gray day.
  2. 1093Lobster
  3. CC-1091La Maison du pirate

1958

  1. 1106Rocks
  2. 1108The house, close to the Keller Island
  3. 1110The yard between the two houses.
  4. 1111Heather

1959

  1. CC-1014La maison abandonnée à Ouessant

1969

  1. 1546The House: Light Blue Gate (Gray Days)
  2. 1553Our house in Kerouat, with a blue gate.
  3. 1554Arums
  4. 1555Le Creach au Kur
  5. 1557The Abandoned House (Blue Sea)
  6. 1560 La ferme Tual, le soir

1970

  1. 1127First Communion young girl from Ouessant, standing in front of the white window
  2. 158The big house with blue shutters.
  3. 1589The Old house, gray-blue sky
  4. 1590House with brown shutters
  5. 1592The House with Almond-Green Shutters (Gray Days)
  6. 1597The House with Blue (Turquoise) Shutters
  7. 1599The house with green shutters, blue sky
  8. 1602La Communiante Ouessantine
  9. 1604Blue shutters, blue sky
  10. A01La maison Keller
  11. A2Korz Bay
  12. CC-1970-002La maison aux volets verts, temps bleu-gris

1972

  1. 1667"Black Window" Landscape with a Grey House
  2. 1676The blue gate, automn
  3. 1677The abandoned house
  4. 1678Blue shutters, stormy weather
  5. 1680The violet road, automn
  6. 1681The blue sea at the Niou
  7. 1682La Maison Keller, ciel gris
  8. 1688The abandoned house, pink flowers, blue sky
  9. 1939La ferme au Niou

1974

  1. 1789Maison du Niou, temps gris
  2. 1792Big house, gray shutters
  3. 1793Maison du Niou temps bleu
  4. 1794The house at Niou, stone low walls
  5. CC-0051

1978

  1. 1934Small house, gray sky
  2. 1935Three houses
  3. 1938La ferme du Niou
  4. 1946La ferme du Niou. Ciel bleu

1981

  1. 2052La ferme. Temps bleu brumeux. Les rochers.
  2. 2053The farm at the distance, stormy weather
  3. 2054The farm at the distance, blue sky, wind
  4. 2056Petite maison fleurie, île Keller, fougères vertes
  5. 2057Petite maison Ouessant
  6. 2062Lighthouse and broom
  7. CC-0030Farm in Brittany

1984

  1. 2059Les Trois Maisons du Niou
  2. 2061Lighthouse, heather and broom
  3. 2147Maison Keller, porte rouge, temps gris
  4. 2148House in front of Keller Island, red door, blue sky
  5. 2152Farm, russet grasses, green mound
  6. 2153Farm, yellow grass, green mound, small yellow flowers, pink clouds
  7. 2158The Créac’h
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