GASTON SEBIRE 1920/2001

OIL ON CANVAS 81X65CM CIRCA50. ROAD TO BAUX DE PROVENCE

he worked from 1936 to 1944, at night at the PTT to be able to paint during the day. Carrying out his first exhibitions in the Rouen region around 1945,
he moved to Paris in 1951 and quickly exhibited in galleries: Visconti, Charpentier, Drouant and subsequently Findlay.
His first major achievement was the design of the costumes and sets for L'Ange gris, a ballet by Claude Debussy for the Marquis de Cuevas in 1953
That same year, he was awarded the Casa de Velázquez in Madrid. He was appointed official painter of the navy in 1973.

A distinguished designer, Gaston Sebire brushes vast compositions, in a range of distinguished grays, which make him understood in the neo-realist movement which followed the death of Francis Gruber. Here he gives us a landscape of Provence of great distinction of very luminous. A serene painting.
Public collections
His works are preserved, among others, at the museum of modern art of the city of Paris and the museum of fine arts of Rouen.

Rouen Museum of Fine Arts

Descent towards the sea, known as Cliffs at Saint-Jouin, oil on canvas3
The Port of Ouistreham, 1949, oil on canvas4
Marine, 1965, oil on canvas5

Collections of the Casa de Velázquez
Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris
Norwich Museum
University of Wisconsin
Syracuse University Museum of Fine Arts

Fairs

1955 Independents' Fair
Autumn Salon of 1956
Youth Biennale at the Pavillon de Marsan, 1957
Salon Comparisons of 1962
Salon of French artists since 1964
Tuileries Salon of 1967

Exhibitions

Gosselin Gallery in Rouen in 1944
Visconti Gallery in Paris in 1952
Galerie Charpentier, “L’École de Paris”, from 1952 to 1956, and in 1958 and 1962
Combes Gallery in Clermont-Ferrand in 1961
Drouant Gallery in Paris 1962
Rouen Museum in 1964
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Drouant Gallery in Paris in 1965
Wally Findlay Gallery in New York and Chicago in 1965 and 1971
Drouant Gallery in Paris in 1968
Wally Findlay Gallery in Paris in 1976
Retrospective at the Rouen Museum of Fine Arts in 1986
Retrospective in Paris at the Marine Museum in 1991
Town of Montfermeil in 1992
Retrospective in Paris at the Grand Palais in 1993
Exhibition in Paris at the National Assembly, “Les Peintres de la Marine”, in 2001
Galerie Katia Granoff in Honfleur (Calvados), permanently since 2002

Honors

Critics' Prize, 1953
Price of the Casa de Velázquez, 1953
Greenshields Prize, 1956
Grand prize of the Trouville Biennale, 1966
Gold medal from the Salon des artistes français, 1968
Medal of honor from the Salon de la Marine, 1968
Puvis de Chavannes Grand Prix, 1993

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