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Gaston CélariéLos Angeles 1854 - 1931Portrait of the grand mother of the artist
Oil on canvasSigned and dated lower left G. Célarié / 83.; inscribed on the reverse A su querida Madre el Dia de su Santo / G. Célarié el autor del retrato de su abuela / 1884 - 15 de Agosto / Motauban / ([...])80,5 x 64,7 cm ; 31 ¾ by 25 ½ in.____________________________________________
Gaston CélariéLos Angeles 1854 - 1931Portrait de la grand-mère de l'artiste
Huile sur toileSigné et daté en bas à gauche G. Célarié / 83. ; inscrit au dos A su querida Madre el Dia de su Santo / G. Célarié el autor del retrato de su abuela / 1884 - 15 de Agosto / Motauban / ([...])80,5 x 64,7 cm ; 31 ¾ by 25 ½ in.Condition reportFor further information on the condition of this lot please contact clemence.enriquez@sothebys.com Please note: Condition XVI of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. (Veuillez noter que l'Article XVI des Conditions Générales de Vente applicables aux Vendeurs (Ventes Effectuées Exclusivement en Ligne) n'est pas applicable pour ce lot.)
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Paris, Salon des Artistes français, 1886, n° 468 ;Montauban, Exposition rétrospective et des beaux-arts de Montauban, 1891, n° 89.Catalogue noteA French painter born in Los Angeles, Gaston Célarié painted this touching portrait in 1883, one year after becoming a member of the Société des Artistes Français and two years before presenting it at the society’s Salon. He painted this portrait of his grandmother at Montauban, where he had lived and taught. The full-length image of the elderly woman with her loving, tender gaze, shown sitting in her home, represented an opportunity for the thirty-year-old artist to display the skills and expertise he had acquired a few years earlier in the studios of Jean-Léon Gérôme Fernand Cormon and Jean-Paul Laurens   ____________________________________________
Peintre français né à Los Angeles, Gaston Célarié réalise ce touchant portrait en 1883 un an après être devenu membre de la Société des artistes français et deux ans avant de le présenter au Salon de cette société. Il peint ce portrait de sa grand-mère à Montauban où il a d'ailleurs vécu et enseigné. Cette vieille femme au regard aimant et attendri représentée assise en pied dans son intérieur est l'occasion pour l'artiste trentenaire de déployer son talent et son savoir-faire acquis quelques années auparavant dans les ateliers de Jean-Léon Gérôme Fernand Cormon ou encore Jean-Paul Laurens