Victor Gilbert (paris, 1847 – 1933) Portrait Of A Lady

Victor Gabriel Gilbert (Paris, 1847 – 1933)

Portrait of a Lady

Material: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 45 x 37 cm
Frame: Yes

Coming from a modest background, Victor Gilbert was placed in 1860 as an apprentice to a decorative painter. In the evenings, he took art classes under the direction of Father Levasseur at the École de la Ville de Paris. He made his debut at the Salon des artistes français in 1873 with two paintings, Avant le bal and Les préparations du diner. Towards the end of the 1870s, his taste for naturalism became clear and he turned to genre painting with scenes of streets, cafés, markets, particularly that of Les Halles. He won a second-class medal at the 1880 Salon and a silver medal at the 1889 World's Fair. He became a member of the Society of French Artists in 1914. His work became popular in the 1880s, as the firm Goupil & Cie, a major producer of prints, translated his paintings into photoengraved "chromos" and distributed them everywhere. Victor Gilbert was named a Knight of the Legion of Honor in 18975, and received the Léon Bonnat Prize in 1926. Victor Gilbert was named a Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1897, and received the Léon Bonnat Prize in 1926.