Mathurin Méheut

In 1906 he exhibited with the Société des Artistes Français. From 1910 to 1912 Méheut collaborated with naturalists at the Roscoff marine biology station to depict marine life. This period culminated in a book (Etude de la mer, flore et faune de la Manche et de l’Océan) and 450 works exhibited at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in 1913. In 1914 he was awarded a travel scholarship by the Foundation Albert Kahn for visits to Hawaii and Japan in 1914, but his trip was cut short by World War I. In 1921 Méheut became the French Ministry of Defence's official painter and in 1925 began decorating commercial passenger ships, including the SS Normandie. Between world wars, he illustrated books for authors including Colette, Maurice Genevoix, and Pierre Loti, and created ceramics at Henriot in Quimper, at the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, and at Villeroy & Boch in Sarre. During the 1940s he taught at the École des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, served as decorator for the Institut de Géologie de Rennes, and completed his celebrated illustrations of Florian Le Roy's Vieux métiers bretons. The Musée Mathurin Méheut in Lamballe, created in 1972, preserves his work.

Mathurin Méheut studied at École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs. Henri Huet, Geoffroy Dauvergne and Jean-Marie Martin are recorded as having studied under Mathurin Méheut. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are marine art. Positions recorded include Peintre de la Marine. Work by Mathurin Méheut is recorded in the collections of Musée d'Orsay, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper and Museum of Brittany. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour and Knight of the Legion of Honour.

Mathurin Méheut is recorded as having received Officer of the Legion of Honour and Knight of the Legion of Honour.