André Prévot-Valéri (1890 - 1959)

André Prévot-Valéri, a talented violinist, had been trained in the arts and music by his father Auguste from an early age, but for a time considered music rather than painting. Mobilized in 1914, he spent seven years in the army, publishing his sketches in the Annales politiques et littéraires. He became a pupil of Baschet and Désiré-Lucas, and then devoted himself entirely to painting.

In love with the Cotentin region, where he vacationed and married in 1920, he found his inspiration in seascapes and rural scenes of Normandy and Brittany. Settling permanently in Granville in 1946, he painted until his death in 1959, bearing witness with simplicity and passion to the beauty of nature and life.

His works can be found in numerous museums, including those in Paris (Petit Palais), Caen, Bourges, Lorient and as far away as Rio de Janeiro.