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Gaston Sebire b. 1920 Floral Still Oil Painting#2289147

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Gaston Sebire b. 1920 Floral Still Oil Painting#2289147
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Signed G Sebire lower right, name plaque affixed to the frame, Wally Findlay gallery label on the verso with soft warm colors this impressionist still life would make a great addition to any fine collection.

<P>SIZE: 59 x 38 inches / 147.5x95 cm (painting), 68 x 46 inches / 170x115 cm (frame).
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CONDITION: Excellent, original period frame and Wally Findlay Gallery Label.
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Background: Gaston Sebire (1920-2001) French. Sébire began to paint when he was around eighteen years old. He attended no art schools and worked alone. In order to paint, he had to earn a living at the same time, and for eight years he sorted letters as a postal employee, working nights so that he could paint during the day. He worked in Rouen, destiny having led him from his native village of Saint-Samson near Caen to the capital of Normandy. From his very first show, his paintings attracted art lovers to such a point that a group of them arranged to guarantee him as much money each year as he had been earning in the post office so that he could devote all his time to painting. From that moment on, Sébire was a professional painter. In 1952, Gaston Sébire had his first exhibition in Paris. The following year, 1953, a double triumph marked his career. He won both the Prix de la Critique and the Prix Casa Velasquez, which allowed him to spend a year and a half in Spain. In 1957 his painting ?Le Dinde? won the Greenshields Prize in a field of 136 competitors. The years of sorting mail by night and painting ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent, original period frame and Wally Findlay Gallery Label </td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:20th Century</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:Gaston Sebire b. 1920 Floral Still Oil Painting</td></tr>

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

<tr><td>Location:Long Island, NY</td></tr>
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