Mathurin Méheut

Mathurin Méheut , born in 1882 with Lamballe (Coast-with Armor) and died in 1958 with Paris, is a draftsman and multi-field artist.

Méheut was born in a family from craftsmen, it enters to the school of the Art schools of Rennes in 1897, then joined Paris. Its long and rich career really begin with a collaboration with the station from biology marinades Roscoff. It is there that it creates the bases of the splendid work Étude of the sea 1913-1914 . Then, he undertakes a voyage which will carry out it until the Japan, but is recalled for the First World War, at the time which he produces a great number of drawings, true testimony of the life in the trenches. Then, after the armistice it returns in its native Brittany, and becomes illustrator. He also teaches at the school of the Art schools. Its activity is rich: decoration of the steamer Normandy , illustrator of beautiful books, invaluable collaborator of the Faience manufacture Henriot with Quimper, etc Witness one time old, impassioned by the men of sound beautiful country, it furrowed the Brittany Rennes with Dinan, of Roscoff to Saint-Guénolé, in Pays Bigouden, leaving with the future generations a rich production and an invaluable testimony. The Mathurin-Méheut museum is located at Lamballe, in the city which saw it being born.

Mathurin Méheut was named official painter of the navy in 1921.

Biographical reference marks

1882 : Birth with Lamballe (Coast-in Armor)
1896: Training with Lamballe at Mathurin Guernion, house painter. First dated drawings.
1898: Inscription at the school of Art schools of Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine)
1900: Stay in one month old Paris
1902: At the end of its studies in Rennes it decides to settle in Paris. He works with the review Arts and Décoration , publishes illustrations on fish, the corals. In parallel, it is registered with the 3Ecole Nationale Sup3erieure of decorative arts.
1903-1904: Military service in Saint-Lo (Handle)
1905: Marriage with Marguerite Rouja in Mans (the Sarthe). The couple is fixed at Paris in XVeme district, with 45 rue Falguière.
1906: Participation in the living room of the French Artists in Paris.
1908: Birth of his/her Maryvonne daughter.
1910-1912: Stay and work with the biological Station of Roscoff. Observation and sketch of the seamen circle in a scientific context.
1912: Teach with the school Boulle.
1913: First personal exposure to the Museum of Decorative Arts (House of Marsan) of 450 works carried out with Roscoff on fauna and the marine flora. The oceanographical Museum of Monaco and the Musée of Luxembourg acquire its works. Mr. Méheut is prize winner of the “Stock Exchange around the world” given by the Foundation Albert-Kahn.
1914: Travel to Hawaii then to Japan thanks to the “Stock Exchange around the world”. The voyage is stopped by the mobilization being a prelude to the 1st world war. Méheut returns to France and is built-in in October with the 136e regiment of infantry of Arras.
1916-1917: Méheut is detached with the topographic and cartographic service with Sainte Menehould then in Bergues. Sketch of war.
1919: Demobilization. Méheut is named professor at the Boulle school and briefly at the Estienne school. It also starts to work with the Faïenceries Henriot in Quimper (Finistere).
1921: Méheut is named official painter of the Navy. Second personal exposure to the Museum of Decorative Arts (House of Marsan). Breton, Japanese works and of war.
1923: Personal exposure to San Francisco.
1924: Stays at Albert Kahn. First decorations of steamers. Refuse to engage in the movement Seiz Breur.
1925: Realize with the Henriot faience manufactures and exposes its services known as the Sea and the Wafer to the international exhibition of Decorative Arts. Meet with Yvonne Jean-Haffen.
1926: Adhere to the company artists decorators.
1927: The first ceramics for the national Manufacture of Sevres.
1929: Decoration of the Miramar villa in Cape Martin for Albert Kahn.
1930: Decoration of the Hall of the Heinz building in Pittsburgh in collaboration with Y.J. Haffen.
1931: Participation in the colonial exposure (ceramics of Separate).
1932: Creation of the set of table linen known as the Sea for the restaurant Plum tree
1932-1933: Work for the manufacture of Sevres.
1933: First decorations for the steamers of the Transatlantic Company.
1937: International exhibition of arts and techniques of Paris: decoration for the house of Brittany and the Merchant navy.
1937-1938: Work for the Manufacture of Sevres.
1939: Tapestry Allegory with the sea life for the manufacture of the Goblins.
1940: Teach (until 1944) at the school of the fine arts of reindeers (Ille and Vilaine)
1941: Stained glasses and Ceramics for the restaurant Inhabitant of Lille the Oyster one.
1942: Decoration of the Institute of Geology of Rennes.
1944: Publication of Old Breton trades of F. Roy illustrated by Méheut.
1944-1945: Its work of engraving deepens on wood.
1945: Expose to the Living room of the painters of the Navy.
1946: Edition with Géo-Fourier of the series of postcards known as the blue Brittany .
1949-1950: Work of ceramist for Villeroy and Boch with Mettlach.
1951: Decoration of the Savings bank of Bridge the Abbot (Finistere).
1952: Completion of the ceramics frontage of the fainecery Henriot in Quimper (Finistere)
1955: Last exposure to the Young Bernheim gallery
1956: Becomes Académicien of the Navy
1957: Fishermen of the four seas of Roger Vercel is the last book illustrated by Méheut
1958: Death in Paris on February 22nd

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