18 Works, Today, February 13th. is artist Victor Gabriel Gilbert's day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #044

Victor Gabriel Gilbert (French, 1847–1933)

DETAIL; LE MARCHE AUX LEGUMES/ THE VEGETABLE MARKET, c. 1878

Oil on Canvas

90.2 x 130.8 cm. (35.5 x 51.5 in.)

Private collection

Victor Gabriel Gilbert was a French painter of genre scenes. He received his formal training from L. Em. Adan, Levasseur and Ch. Busson. In 1873 he had his debut at the Paris Salon and continued to be a faithful exhibitor at the Salon des Artist Francais where he obtained a silver medal in 1889, received the Bonnet Prize in 1926 and the Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1897.

He was highly respected for his fine detailed work and was considered an inspiration to many artists. His views of the colourful Parisian life, the boulevards, cafés and flower stalls became well known. 

Victor-Gabriel Gilbert At the Flower Market, 1878 Oil on panel 17 3⁄4 x 21 45.1 x 55 cm 8 in. Private collection	Victor-Gabriel Gilbert The flower girl reading Oil on mahogany panel 33.5 x 45.5 cm   Private collection
Victor-Gabriel Gilbert The flower seller Oil on canvas 14 15/16 x 18 1/2 in Private collection	Victor-Gabriel Gilbert FLOWER MERCHANTS Watercolour 36 x 53 cm Private collection
Victor-Gabriel Gilbert THE FLOWER VENDOR ON THE PONT DES ARTS, PARIS Oil on panel 40,5 x 32 cm ; 16 by 12 5/8 in Private collection	Victor-Gabriel Gilbert Une jardinière avec des fleurs Oil on panel 18 1/8 x 14 ¾ in. (46 x 37.5 cm.) Private collection
Victor-Gabriel Gilbert La marchande de fleurs à la rotonde du parc Monceau, Paris Watercolor and gouache over pencil (Aquarelle gouachée sur trait de crayon) h: 34 w: 26,50 cm Private collection	Victor-Gabriel Gilbert PARIS, LA MARCHANDE DE VIOLETTES PLACE DE LA CONCORDE Oil on panel (Huile sur panneau) 46 x 31,5 cm Private collection

Gilbert rapidly established a reputation as a painter of Parisian scenes, as with his contemporary Jean Béraud (1849-1935). Gilbert excelled at portraying market scenes in Paris, street markets with fruit and vegetable sellers but above all Les Halles, the central food market for Paris with its wrought iron and glass fabric and its myriad stalls selling meat, fish, fruit and vegetables and colourful characters and stallholders. In addition, flower markets were a popular subject for Gilbert and for collectors of his work.

Victor-Gabriel Gilbert STREET SCENE WITH WEEKLY MARKET FROM OLD PARIS Oil on wood 42 x 55 cm Private collection	Victor-Gabriel Gilbert JEUNES FEMMES AUX MARCHÉ, 1878 Oil on panel 16 5/8 by 24 in. 42 by 60.8 cm Private collection
Victor-Gabriel Gilbert CRÉMIÈRE EN HIVER Oil on canvas 22 by 18 in.56 by 46 cm Private collection	Victor-Gabriel Gilbert Market scene, 1877 Oil on canvas 46 x 55 cm Private collection
Victor-Gabriel Gilbert THE BUTCHER Watercolor heightened with gouache on paper 55 x 43,6 cm ; 21 5/8 by 17 1/8 in Private collection	After Victor-Gabriel Gilbert Fish Market in the Morning, 1880 Oil on canvas 42 1/4 x 35 in Private collection
Victor-Gabriel Gilbert LE PANIER DES CERISES Oil on panel 14 3/4 by 19 3/4 in. 37.5 by 50.2 cm Private collection	Victor-Gabriel Gilbert LE MARCHÉ PARISIEN, 1885 Oil on canvas 24 1/2 by 39 5/8 in. 62 by 100.5 cm Private collection

Gilbert exhibited regularly at the Societe Artistes Français where he was awarded a silver medal in 1889 and towards the end of his career received the Bonnat prize in 1926. Gilbert had been elected Chevalier de Legion d’Honneur, as had his teacher Charles Busson, in 1897. Gilbert was a highly successful artist, whose works were sought after throughout Europe and in North America, his works being sold in New York as early as 1900.

Victor Gabriel Gilbert (French, 1847–1933)

LE MARCHE AUX LEGUMES/ THE VEGETABLE MARKET, c. 1878

Oil on Canvas

90.2 x 130.8 cm. (35.5 x 51.5 in.)

Private collection

It was during the mid 1870s that Gilbert became a close friend to Pierre Martin, one of the principal supporters of the impressionist movement and Victor Gilbert’s paintings secured a place amongst his collection.

Victor-Gabriel Gilbert

BAIGNEUSE ENFILANT UN BAS/ BATHER THREADING A STOCKING

Oil on canvas

60 X 73 CM 

Private collection

Victor Gilbert’s paintings were not only well sought after in France, he also exhibited in 1883 in Munich, 1894 in Vienna and he was a great success in London in 1908. Today his work can be viewed in the Museums of Bayeux, Besançon, Bordeaux, Dieppe, le Havre, Lille, Liége, Nice and Strassbourg.

Gilbert died in Paris in 1833. More on Victor Gabriel Gilbert

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