Jean-Amadée Gibert (January 28, 1869,

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– 1945, Marseille), was a French painter, architect and curator.

Biography

He was a pupil of

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. In 1890, he won a painting prize in Marseille which allowed him to study in Paris at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts where he was a student of Gérôme and

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. In 1898 he won the Grand Prix of Rome History of painting with ''The Pool of Bethesda'' which included a scholarship for study in Italy, where he discovered archaeology and architecture. Gibert regularly exhibited portraits, genre scenes, still lifes and landscapes at the

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and in Marseille. In 1909 he became curator of Musée des Baux-Arts de Marseille, as well as the Grobet-Labadie and the Cantini in the same city. In 1919, he gave several works to museums, including a collection of figurines from Provence.

Gallery

File:Jean-Amédée Gibert, La Piscine de Bethsaïda, 1898.JPG, ''Pool of Bethesda'',

Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...

, 1898. File:Eugénie Gruet par J.-A. Gibert (1907).jpg, ''Portrait of Eugenie Gruet'', 1907. File:Hôtel de Romieu ou de Luppé1.jpg, pallace of luppé : facade overlooking the Arles Amphitheatre. File:Salle hotel luppé.jpg, Pallace of Luppé : dining room with painted decorations by Gibert. File:ArlesWarMemorial1.JPG, War memorial of

Arles Arles (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Arle ; Classical la, Arelate) is a coastal city and commune in the South of France, a subprefecture in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the former province of ...

, Gibert (architecture), G. Luppé (sculpture)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gibert, Jean-Amedee 19th-century French painters French male painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists Artists from Marseille 1869 births 1945 deaths Architects from Marseille Prix de Rome for painting Directors of museums in France French curators French portrait painters French landscape painters 19th-century French male artists