Albert SEBILLE (1874-1953)
"These young ladies... Lot 15
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Albert SEBILLE (1874-1953)
"These young ladies of Marseilles are returning to port. Reign of Louis XIV. »
Large oil on canvas signed lower right.
1 x 1,90 m.
B.E. Frame with green and gold patina.
This large composition by the navy painter Albert SEBILLE shows the return to port of the royal galleys during the reign of Louis XIV.
Biography :
Albert Sebille (1874- 1953), appointed official naval painter in 1907. He is Mediterranean, all his youth was spent in Marseille.
He was trained in the fine arts of this city. In 1894, at the age of twenty, he "went up" to Paris. He did not practice impressionism, which was beginning in
At that time, he preferred maritime narrative painting, especially as this led him to become an official naval painter. He took part in the war
After the war, he became attached to the newspaper "L' Illustration". His dream was to publish the "universal history of the navy" (with the help of the
by Georges Toudouze Charles de la Roncière, Tramond, Rondeleux, Dolfus, Lestonnat). Watercolorist, poster designer, l'Illustration
has been a very important support for him. He works for the maritime league. Collaborates with the Transat Revue. He takes care of the
navy during the war. His work is very important and in various forms. He contributed to the ornamentation of the squares of the Georges
Leygues, Strasbourg, Richelieu.
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BARBARIGO surmounting those of its ambassador ANDREA CAPELLO, in the centre, the coat of arms of the
pope ALEXANDER VI (cartel inscription below half erased, probably "[ALEX.] VI /
MAX "), and on the right, the coat of arms of the DUC DE MILAN JEAN GALÉAS SFÒRZA.
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