François Lanfant of Metz
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx a figurative painter attached to the Paris school, born on August 18, 1920 in Saint Samson (Calvados) and died on December 13, 2001 in Rouen.
He lived in Rouen until 1951 then in PARIS before returning to his region of Normandy in 1957.
Described as a totally independent painter, outside of fashions and trends. When we look at his entire work, we are seduced by the magic of light, the bursting and luminous colors, by the calm and serenity of his banks of the Seine, his beaches of Normandy with its bathers, his first snows. We also cannot resist the sumptuousness of his bouquets, his Delft vases with magnetic blue.
He continued his studies at the Saint-Evode master's degree in Rouen. Gaston Sébire worked at night at the PTT from 1936 to 1944 in order to be able to paint during the day. He had his first exhibitions in Rouen around 1944.
He participated in the Bac gallery in Paris On June 26, 1948, at the exhibition
The witness man, stating his membership in the eponymous group alongside artists such as Bernard LORJOU, Yvonne MOTTET,
Paul REBEYROLLE, Michel DE GALLARD and Michel THOMPSON.
Towards a return to realism against the trends of contemporary art and abstract art accompanied by the art critic Jean BOURRET, author of the Manifesto of the Witness Man.
In 1949, for its second exhibition at the Claude gallery, the group was joined by Bernard BUFFET, André MINAUX, Jean and Simone COUTY.
These artists then became members of the Young Painting movement.
In 1951 Gaston SEBIRE moved to Paris. He exhibited in the most prestigious Parisian galleries: the Visconti, Charpentier, Drouant galleries and finally the Findlay gallery.
In 1953 he designed the costumes and sets for L'ange gris Ballet by Claude DEBUSSY for the Marquis DE CUEVAS.
Gaston SEBIRE is also a laureate of the Casa de Velázquez in Madrid.
In 1957 his painting became brighter and brought him great recognition in the United States where he later exhibited in the Wally Findlay galleries in New York and Chicago.
Gaston Sébire was appointed painter of the Navy in 1973. He became a member of the Rouen academy in 1973.
Throughout the second half of the 20th century, he exhibited in the main
Parisian salons, and was notably part of Maurice Boitel's group at the Comparaisons salon, for forty-five years.
Gold Medal from the Salon des Artistes Français.
Figurative painter, enjoyed revealing the landscapes of his native Normandy
Notable museums
Clermont-Ferrand, Roger-Quilliot Art Museum
Paris, Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris
Puteaux, National Fund of Contemporary Art
Rouen, Museum of Fine Arts
Trouville-sur-Mer, Villa Montebello Museum
Living rooms
1955 Independents' Fair
Autumn Salon of 1956
Youth Biennale at the Marsan Pavilion, 1957
1962 Comparisons Show
Salon of French artists since 1964
Tuileries Exhibition of 1967
Exhibitions
Galerie Gosselin in Rouen in 1944
Visconti Gallery in Paris in 1952
Galerie Charpentier “L'École de Paris”, from 1952 to 1956, and in 1958 and 1962
Combes Gallery in Clermont-Ferrand in 1961
Drouant Gallery in Paris 1962
Rouen Museum in 1964
Galerie Drouant in Paris in 1965
Wally Findlay Gallery in New York and Chicago in 1965 and 1971
Galerie Drouant in Paris in 1968
Wally Findlay gallery in Paris in 1976
Retrospective at the Rouen Museum of Fine Arts in 1986
Retrospective in Paris at the Marine Museum in 1991
City of Montfermeil in 1992
Retrospective in Paris at the Grand Palais in 1993
Exhibition in Paris at the National Assembly, “The Painters of the Navy”, in 2001
Katia Granoff Gallery in Honfleur (Calvados), permanently since 2002
Distinctions
Critics' Prize, 1953
Prize of the Casa de Velázquez, 1953
Greenshields Prize, 1956
Grand Prize at the Trouville Biennale, 1966
Gold Medal of the Salon of French Artists, 1968
Medal of Honor from the Marine Exhibition, 1968
Puvis de Chavannes Grand Prize, 1993