February Estate Finds
Lot 317:
Description
Keywords: Woman with Cards, 20th Century Art, Realist Style, Elegant Hat, Soft Color Palette, Vintage Art, Reflective Moment, French Artist, Detailed Portrait, Figurative
Gilberte Schmitt oil on canvas painting titled, "The Success", signed lower left.
Bio: Gilberte Schmit, born June 16, 1907, in Bordeaux and died August 18, 2001, in Tournan en Brie, was a painter and interior decorator. She graduated from the National School of Decorative Arts and was a member of several prestigious art societies. Schmit received numerous accolades, such as the Institute Prize, the Cottet Prize, the Grand Prize of the Academie des Hesperides, and the General Council of Seine et Marne. She held private exhibitions in Paris, throughout France, and internationally. Her artworks were acquired by the city of Paris, the French State, former President Valery Giscard D Estaing, and King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia in the early 1950s.
Measurement: 18 x 15 in. (45.7 x 38.1 cm.)
ID: : 10
Condition: Overall in good condition. Wear commensurate with age.
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