Pierre Julien Gilbert (1783-1860) Oil On Wood Shellfish Gatherers Brittany 19th Century

Shell gatherers, oil on wood by Pierre Julien Gilbert, official painter of the Navy, born in Brest in 1783 and died in Brest in 1860.
Signed lower right.
Good condition, small lack of paint at the sky.
Barbizon frame in wood and gilded stucco (some signs of wear).
Panel dimensions : 22 X 14 cm.
Frame dimensions : 40,5 x 32,5 cm.
Son of Edme Julien Gilbert, master tailor, and Catherine Darras, Pierre Julien Gilbert took lessons from the naval engineer and draftsman Pierre Ozanne and the painter Louis-Philippe Crépin.
In 1816, he was appointed drawing teacher for naval students in Brest.
In 1830, he took part in the Algiers campaign on Provence, as the official painter of the expedition.
From 1842 to 1850, he taught drawing at the Naval School.
Pierre Julien Gilbert depicted on canvas a fairly large number of episodes of French maritime splendor, and most of his paintings were exhibited at exhibitions, notably those of 1824 and 1833, each of which earned him a gold medal.
On April 30, 1833, he was made a knight of the Legion of Honor.