Art: H-28 w-36 Frame 35.5 x 43 Shipping in USA $ 240.Gaston Sabire 1920 -2001In 1953, Sabire won both the Prix de la Critique and the Prix Casa Velasquez, the latter giving him the opportunity to spend a year and a half working in Spain. Winning the Greenshields Foundation Prize in 1957, allowed him to continue this study for another two years.Sabire participated in many group exhibitions in Paris including: the Salon of Independants beginning in 1956, the Salon of Tuileries and the Comparisons Salon beginning in 1962, and the Salon des Artistes Francais beginning in 1964. The artist was also included in exhibitions of the Paris School at the Galerie Charpentier in Paris from 1953 to 1958 and in 1961, as well as the Biennale de Jeunes at the Pavillon de Marsan in 1957. His work appeared in many international shows in London Munich, Washington and Japan. In 1966 SÃabire won the Grand Prix of the Biennale of Trouville. Two years later, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Salon des Artistes Francais, as well as the Medal of Honour of the Salon de la Marine. In 1975, Sabire became the official painter of the Marine National, or French Navy.Public collections are at the Musee d'art Art Moderne in Paris.The Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin,The Joe and Emily Low Art Gallery of Syracuse University, and the Norwich Castle Museum .

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