Émile HAMONIC (1861-1943). Breton houses by the sea. Oil on canvas signed and dated 1920 (?) lower right (two holes restored). Height : 54 cm - Width : 73 cm Important original wood frame and gilded composition (missing). A French art publisher, painter and photographer, he was born in Saint-Brieuc, in the Côtes du Nord region, and became a fervent defender of Brittany, going so far as to join the Breton Regionalist Union. One of the first major publishers of postcards, he began illustrating them in Saint-Brieuc in 1893.