Gabriel MARTIN (1842-1922) Locust trying a poison... Lot 28

Gabriel MARTIN (1842-1922) Locust trying a poison on a slave in front of Nero 1868 Black stone, red chalk, blue pencil, pen and black ink, watercolor and red gouache on cream paper unsigned 114 x 75 cm Bibiography: Bakhuÿs Diederik, Gabriel Martin ou Les premiers énervés de Jumièges, in Amic Sylvain (dir.) L'art du dessin du 16e siècle à nos jours, Rouen, Editions de la Métropole Rouen Normandie, 2018, exhibition from September 14, 2018 to January 6, 2019 at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, ill. p. 156 Gabriel Martin was born in Rouen on May 25, 1842. He was a student of Gustave Morin at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. A brilliant student, the city granted him a scholarship to perfect his technique and he joined the numerous students of Alexandre Cabanel at the Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He exhibited regularly in several Salons. Gabriel Martin died in Rouen on January 12, 1922. Estimate : 1 500 / 2 000 €. Expert : Marc-Henri TELLIER / SASU Expertises Tellier, Paris