Pierre Célestin Billet (1836 - 1922): Field Work - Oil On Canvas Signed

Pierre Célestin Billet, born in Cantin in the north of France on November 2, 1836, is a French painter and engraver.

This beautiful oil on its original canvas signed and dated 1920 represents two young women working in the fields. Presented in a carved wooden frame, including frame dimensions: 63 x 55 centimeters

Biography:
Pierre Célestin Billet is the son of an industrialist established in Cantin. He abandoned this activity to become a student of the painters Émile Breton and Jules Breton. He began at the Salon of French Artists in 1868 where he presented genre scenes. He received a 3rd class medal in 1873 and a 2nd class medal in 1874.

He creates realistic scenes, in the style of Jules Breton, rural (Douaisis) or maritime (Boulogne, Yport). After 1900, his art moved towards post-impressionism. Pierre Billet trains students in painting, including his daughter Aline Guérin-Billet, Georges Maroniez and Maurice Lévis.
He rubbed shoulders with the family of Jules Breton, the Demon-Breton couple and certain painters from the Wissant School, including the couple Henri and Marie Duhem.