Armand Séguin (painter)

Armand Séguin: Nu de la comtesse d'Hauteroche (1896)

Armand Séguin (1869–1903) was a post-Impressionist French painter who is remembered for his involvement in the Pont-Aven School beginning in 1891. In 1892, he returned to Pont-Aven where he met Renoir and Émile Bernard. The following year, he associated with Paul Gauguin, who gave him lessons, and collaborated with Roderic O'Conor in producing etchings.^[1]

He died in Châteauneuf-du-Faou at the age of 34, a destitute alcoholic who was suffering from tuberculosis.^[2]

References

1. "Armand Séguin", ifpda. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
2. Wladyslawa Jaworska, Gauguin et l'école de Pont-Aven, Éditions Ides et Calendes, Neuchâtel, Suisse, 1971.