Victor Gabriel Gilbert

Victor Gabriel Gilbert (13 February 1847 – 21 July 1933) was a French painter^[1] mostly known for his Parisian scenes and portraying market scenes there. He studied with Victor Adam (1801–1866) and subsequently with Charles Busson (1822–1908). In 1889 he was awarded a silver medal in the Société des Artistes Français, and a Bonnat prize in 1926 at the end of his career.

Victor Gabriel Gilbert
Waterhouse portrait, 1902.
Born	(1847-02-13)13 February 1847 Paris, France
Died	21 July 1933(1933-07-21) (aged 86) Paris, France
Nationality	French

Expositions

• 1873: Salon des artistes français (represented with the paintings Avant le bal' en Les apprêts du diner)^[2]
• 1874: Salon des artistes français (Le pot au feu)
• 1875: Salon des artistes français (Portrait de Madame M.)
• 1880: Salon des artistes français;
• 1881: Salon des artistes français;
• 1883: Exposition in Munich;
• 1893: World's Columbian Exposition^[3]
• 1894: Exposition in Vienna;
• 1908: Exposition in London

Works in museums

• La Halle aux poissons, le matin (1880, oil on canvas, 181 × 140 cm) in the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille;
• Musée Carnavalet, Paris
• Coquelicots dans un champ (attributed to Victor Gilbert, 1880, oil on panel, 26,8 × 35,2 cm) in the Philadelphia Museum of Art;
• Petit Palais, Paris
• Tentation (1892, photogravure on paper, 18 × 14 cm) in the Musée Goupil, Bordeaux;
• Le Carreau des Halles (1880, 54 × 74 cm) in the Musée Malraux - MuMa, Le Havre;
• La Demoiselle, Huile sur bois (41 × 32 cm) in the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Bayeux;
• Marchande de volailles lisant (oil on canvas; 46 × 56 cm) in the Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art;
• Musée des Beaux-Arts, Château de Dieppe, Dieppe
• Un coin des Halles (oil on canvas; 235 × 331 cm) in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux
• British Museum, London^[4]
• Les Halles le Matin, La Boverie, Liège
• RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island^[5]
• Musée des Beaux-Arts, Pau
• Hotel du Louvre

Sources: ^[6][7][8]

Gallery

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  A Parisian Flower Market
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  The Vegetable Market (1878)
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  The Cat's Lunch (1879)
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  The Harvest
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  Young Woman in the Flower Garden (circa 1885)
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  Loving Flower Care
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  Flower Seller near the Louvre Bridge
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  Le Carreau des Halles (1880)
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  The Day of Walking (1881)
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  The Flower Market
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  Gardening
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  Hay Making (circa 1880)
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  Precaution
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  Offering a Flower to a Child
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  Afternoon Tea in the Public Garden
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  Dance Show
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  The Place of the Trinity
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  Flower Seller Making a Bouquet
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  A Flower Seller
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  The Toy Store
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  Flower Market
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  Portrait of an elegant woman with a mask
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  Market's Corner - Musée des Beaux-Arts - Bordeaux. In front of, a bust from John Warrington Wood