Editing Brittany (section)

===Fine arts===
[[File:Paul Gauguin 078.jpg|thumb|upright|''The Beautiful Angèle'' by [[Paul Gauguin]]]]
Until the 19th century, [[Catholicism]] had been the main inspiration for Breton artists. The region has a great number of [[baroque]] [[retable]]s, made between the 17th and the 19th century. Breton sculptors were also famous for their ship models that served as [[ex-voto]]s and for their richly decorated furniture, which features naïve Breton characters and traditional patterns. The [[box-bed]] is the most famous Breton piece of furniture. The Breton style had a strong revival between 1900 and the [[Second World War]] and it was used by the [[Seiz Breur]] movement. The Seiz Breur artists also tried to invent a modern Breton art by rejecting French standards and mixing traditional techniques with new materials. The leading artists of that period were the designer [[René-Yves Creston]], the illustrators [[Jeanne Malivel]] and [[Xavier Haas]], and the sculptors [[Raffig Tullou]], [[Francis Renaud (sculptor)|Francis Renaud]], [[Georges Robin]], [[Joseph Savina]], [[Jules-Charles Le Bozec]] and [[Jean Fréour]].

Brittany is also known for its [[needlework]], which can be seen on its numerous headdress models, and for its [[faience]] production, which started at the beginning of the 18th century. [[Quimper faience]] is known worldwide for its bowls and plates painted by hand, and other towns, such as [[Pornic]], also maintain a similar tradition. The potteries usually feature naïve Breton characters in traditional clothing and daily scenes. The designs have a strong traditional Breton influence, but [[Orientalism]] and [[Art Deco]] have also been used.

Because of its distinct culture and natural landscape, Brittany has inspired many French artists since the 19th century. The [[Pont-Aven School]], which started to emerge in the 1850s and lasted until the beginning of the 20th century, had a decisive influence on modern painting. The artists who settled in [[Pont-Aven]] wanted to break away from the [[Academic art|Academic style]] of the {{Lang|fr|[[École des Beaux-Arts]]|italic=no}} and later from [[Impressionism]] when it began to decline. Among them were [[Paul Gauguin]], [[Paul Signac]], [[Marc Chagall]], [[Paul Sérusier]] and [[Raymond Wintz]]. Before them, Brittany had also been visited by Academic and Romantic painters like [[Jean Antoine Théodore de Gudin]] and [[Jules Achille Noël]] who were looking for dramatic seascapes and storms.