1553749

Amazing Camille Bombois Oil Painting, Shepperd #1553749

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Amazing Camille Bombois Oil Painting, Shepperd #1553749
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This is a magnificent painting made by the important artist Camille Bombois, the price is very low for such an amazing item with such a good cotation presented in famous art books around the world. Our experts and the Bureau Art Gallery (20 yers on business) can assure you the quality of this wonderfull masterpiece!

Camille Bombois (February 3, 1883 ? June 6, 1970) was a French naïve painter especially noted for paintings of circus scenes.

Bombois was born in Venarey-les-Laumes in the Cote-d'Or in humble circumstances. His childhood was spent living on a barge and attending a local school until the age of twelve, when he became a farm worker. During his free time he drew and competed in wrestling competitions at local fairs. He became a champion local wrestler before joining a traveling circus as a strongman and wrestler.

In 1907 Bombois fulfilled his dream of moving to Paris, where he married and worked as a railway laborer, eventually finding a night job at a newspaper printing plant handling heavy newsprint rolls. Despite the exhausting nature of his job he painted from dawn to dusk, sleeping little. He showed his paintings in sidewalk exhibitions, but his earliest paintings, revealing the influence of the old masters in their subdued use of color, attracted few buyers.

1914 marked the beginning of four-and-a-half years of military service in World War I. Bombois spent much of it on the front line, earning three decorations for ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1883-1970</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:France</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:Camille Bombois</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:18</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:28</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Amazing Camille Bombois Oil Painting, Shepperd</td></tr>

<tr><td>Materials:Oil on Canvas</td></tr>

<tr><td>Location:Brazil</td></tr>
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