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His son Gwenc’hlan Le Scouëz has written a biography of his father.
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Maurice Scouezec
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He was a French artist, engraver, illustrator and writer Born in Le Mans, Maurice Le Scouëzec"s father was a Breton and worked as an inspector for the "Chemins de fer de l"Ouest". Maurice Le Scouëzec frequented the artist"s quarter in Paris of Montparnasse and then set off on various voyages around the world on tall ships.
He finally returned to France and died in Douarnenez.
In an eventful life he had been a sailor, soldier, globe-trotter/adventurer and a painter and worked with painters such as Pablo Picasso and Amedeo Modigliani. These depicted scenes from the saint"s life.
A ninth fresco is located behind the altar and depicts Saint Roch et les Anges. In 1938 he painted two frescoes for the "salle des fêtes", one entitled Le village de Pouldavid" and the second Louisiana plage du Ris.
These were classified as "monument historique" in 1997.
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France