Victor Gilbert (1847-1935) "at The Market"

Very beautiful oil on canvas by Victor Gilbert (1847-1935) representing a genre scene in a market. Witness of his time, Victor Gilbert is interested in the workers of Les Halles, in the markets of Paris, but also in the provinces. In the foreground, we see a saleswoman behind her workbench and a customer. In the background, the rest of the market. Its depiction of butchered oxen also testifies to the harshness of daily life. Work signed lower left Provenance: artist's family The work appears in the archives of Noé Willer Victor Gabriel Gilbert, born in Paris on February 13, 1847 where he died on July 21, 1933, is a French painter. He began at the Salon des artistes français in 1873. Towards the end of the 1870s, his taste for naturalism grew stronger and he turned to genre painting with scenes of streets, cafes, markets, in particular that of Halls. He obtained a second class medal at the Salon of 1880 and a silver medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1889. He became a member of the Society of French Artists. His work became popular in the 1880s, due to the fact that Goupil & Cie, a large producer of prints, translated his canvases into photo-engraved "chromos", and distributed them everywhere. Victor Gilbert was named Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1897, and received the Léon Bonnat Prize in 1926. Dimensions without frame: 50 x 61 cm Dimensions with frame: 56.5 x 67 cm