Gaston sebire biography

French painter (–)

Gaston Sébire (August 18, - ) was a French painter^[1][2] of seascapes, landscapes, still lifes and flowers.

Early life

Sébire was born in Saint-Samson, Calvados, and grew up in Bretteville-sur-Odon.^[3] He began to paint around eighteen years old.^[4] He studied at the Maitrise Sainte Evode in Rouen.

Career

Sébire joined the Post Office, working at night and painting during the day.

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In Sébire moved to Paris, and one year later held his first exhibition in the city at the Galerie Visconti.

In , the Marquis of Cuevas asked him to design the costumes and scenery of L’Ange gris, a ballet based on orchestrations of Claude Debussy's Suite bergamasque by André Caplet and Gustave Cloëz.^[5] During that same year Sébire won both the Prix de la Critique and the Prix Casa Valasquez, the latter giving him the opportunity to spend a year and a half working in Spain.

Winning the Greenshields Foun