Playtime in the park

Details

Victor-Gabriel Gilbert (French, 1847-1933)
Playtime in the park
signed 'Victor Gilbert'(lower right)
oil on canvas
15 x 18 in. (38 x 45.8 cm.)
Please see back cover illustration

Provenance

Anon. sale, Sotheby's Arcade, 7 October 2003, lot 88.

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Lot Essay

A student of Busson and Adam Gilbert was a mainly a painter of genre scenes, tipified by those including children. Gilbert gained several awards for his works amongst which were a silver medal at the Fidèle Exposant des Artistes Français in 1889, and the Bonnat award in 1926. He was made Knight of the Legion d'honneur in 1897.

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