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The French painter and draughtsman Claude Rameau, born in Bourbon-Lancy in 1876, devoted a significant part of his work to the landscapes of the Loire, earning him the nickname “painter of the Loire”; he died in 1955. In Paris, he attended the studios of William Bouguereau and Gabriel Ferrier. In 1898, he met the painter Louis Charlot: the two artists then shared a home and rented a studio on Rue des Artistes. After returning to his native region, Rameau was curator of the Musée Saint-Nazaire in Bourbon-Lancy from 1911 to 1929. In the 1920s, he settled in Saint-Thibault-sur-Loire, in a former boatman’s house. A work entitled “Sur les hauteurs du Sancerrois” reflects his interest in the region’s landscapes: this oil on canvas, signed at the lower right and titled on the reverse, measures 73.5 × 92.5 cm.
From 1922, he was a member of the Société nationale des beaux-arts and took part in its annual exhibition. Between 1933 and 1936, he taught the landscape painter Rex Barrat. For the Berry-Nivernais pavilion at the 1937 International Exhibition, he provided several paintings devoted to the banks of the Loire. A retrospective of his work was presented at the Salon of the Société nationale des beaux-arts in Paris in 1956. Works by Rameau are also recorded in the collections of the Musée de la Loire in Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, the Musée Saint-Nazaire in Bourbon-Lancy and the Musée de la Faïence et des Beaux-Arts in Nevers.
This profile brings together identity references for Claude Rameau and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
1 references are documented at Schuler. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Oil on canvas
Sur les hauteurs du Sancerrois
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2020-12-07
Published result : 500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 400–600
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
