Lionel Floch

[1] He had little love of abstract painting, concentrating on figurative works many depicting scenes of life in the "Pays Bigouden" and the area around Cap Sizun (Baie de Douarnenez, la baie d'Audierne, la Pointe du Raz.etc.).

He painted the Breton pardons, scenes at the port and people collecting seaweed ("Le ramassage du goémon").

From 1923 to 1948, he worked as the registrar of Pont-Croix but continued to paint and was a leading figure in the Quimper intellectual and artistic community during these years, his friends including Jean Moulin and Max Jacob.

[3] He was subsequently transferred as the registrar of Grasse and Chinon until finally retiring to Quimper in 1958 where he spent the rest of his life.

In 2007 the "maison du marquisat" of Pont-Croix and the "Musée bigouden" of Pont-l'Abbé staged a retrospective of Floch's work.