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Lot 386
Giuseppe Sebasti (1900-1961)
Gamila ou La Fille du Nil
Closed4 June 2020
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Giuseppe Sebasti (1900-1961)
Gamila ou La Fille du Nil
signé et daté 'G. Sebasti - 1956-' (en bas à droite)
huile sur isorel
122.3 x 136.9 cm.
Peint en 1956
signed and dated 'G. Sebasti - 1956-' (lower right)
oil on masonite
48 1/8 x 53 7/8 in.
Painted in 1956
Gamila ou La Fille du Nil
signé et daté 'G. Sebasti - 1956-' (en bas à droite)
huile sur isorel
122.3 x 136.9 cm.
Peint en 1956
signed and dated 'G. Sebasti - 1956-' (lower right)
oil on masonite
48 1/8 x 53 7/8 in.
Painted in 1956
Giuseppe Sebasti (1900-1961)
Gamila ou La Fille du Nil
signé et daté 'G. Sebasti - 1956-' (en bas à droite)
huile sur isorel
122.3 x 136.9 cm.
Peint en 1956
signed and dated 'G. Sebasti - 1956-' (lower right)
oil on masonite
48 1/8 x 53 7/8 in.
Painted in 1956
Gamila ou La Fille du Nil
signé et daté 'G. Sebasti - 1956-' (en bas à droite)
huile sur isorel
122.3 x 136.9 cm.
Peint en 1956
signed and dated 'G. Sebasti - 1956-' (lower right)
oil on masonite
48 1/8 x 53 7/8 in.
Painted in 1956
Atelier de l'artiste.
Puis par descendance au propriétaire actuel.
Puis par descendance au propriétaire actuel.
G. Vivaldi, ‘Quand Sebasti expose à l’atelier’, in Journal Suisse, 9 février 1959.
Alexandrie, L’Atelier d’Alexandrie, Exposition Sebasti, février 1959, no. 50.
Alexandire, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Troisième Biennale de la Méditerrannée, décembre 1959–mars 1960.
Alexandrie, L’Atelier d’Alexandrie, Giuseppe Sebasti, juillet–août 1961, no. 17.
Rome, Académie des Beaux-Arts de l’Ambassade Egyptienne, Mostra Retrospettiva "Giuseppe Sebasti - Pittore", novembre 1999, no. 1.
Alexandire, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Troisième Biennale de la Méditerrannée, décembre 1959–mars 1960.
Alexandrie, L’Atelier d’Alexandrie, Giuseppe Sebasti, juillet–août 1961, no. 17.
Rome, Académie des Beaux-Arts de l’Ambassade Egyptienne, Mostra Retrospettiva "Giuseppe Sebasti - Pittore", novembre 1999, no. 1.
Né en 1900 à Rome, Sebasti s’installa à Alexandrie en 1908 où il fut formé d’abord dans l’atelier du peintre italien Alberto Piattoli, aux côtés du Prince Farouk futur roi d’Egypte, puis par l’artiste grec Litsas. À l’âge de 18 ans, il poursuivit ses études d’art en Italie avec le célèbre Felice Carena et exposait ses œuvres à Rome des 1923 puis 1931. Suite au décès de son père, il rentra en Égypte en 1924, où il restera définitivement jusqu’à la fin de ses jours en 1961. Pendant ces années d’effervescence d’art et culture en Égypte, Sebasti côtoya les deux fondateurs de la peinture moderne égyptienne, les Alexandrins Mahmoud Said (1897-1964) et Mohamed Nagui (1888-1956), et fonda avec ce dernier l’Atelier d’Alexandrie, lequel jouera un rôle fondamental pour le développement de la scène artistique et pour la promotion des arts en Égypte. Participant à de nombreuses expositions et manifestations d’art, telle la Biennale d’Art de Venise de 1952 et celle de São Paolo de 1957, Sebasti sera fortement influencé par son pays d’adoption, par ses couleurs, sa lumière et son peuple, telle en témoigne La fille du Nil, presque Bonnardesque dans sa palette éclatante.
Born in Rome in 1900, Sebasti settled in Alexandria in 1908 where he was first trained in the studio of the Italian painter Alberto Piattoli, alongside the future King of Egypt Prince Farouk, and then by the Greek artist Litsas. When he turned 18 years old, he continued his art studies in Italy with the famous Felice Carena and exhibited his paintings in Rome in 1923 and 1931. When his father passed away, he returned to Egypt in 1924, where he remained until his death in 1961. During those bustling years in terms of art and culture in Egypt, Sebasti worked alongside the two pioneers of modern Egyptian painting, the Alexandrian painters Mahmoud Said (1897-1964) and Mohamed Nagui (1888-1956), co-founding with the latter the Alexandria Atelier, which would have a pivotal role for the development of Egypt’s artistic scene and the promotion of its art. Taking part in many exhibitions and fairs, such as the 1952 Venice Biennial and the 1957 São Paolo Biennial, Sebasti was very much inspired by his adoptive country, by its colours, its light and its people, as shown in La fille du Nil, the palette of which is almost Bonnard-like in its luminosity.
Born in Rome in 1900, Sebasti settled in Alexandria in 1908 where he was first trained in the studio of the Italian painter Alberto Piattoli, alongside the future King of Egypt Prince Farouk, and then by the Greek artist Litsas. When he turned 18 years old, he continued his art studies in Italy with the famous Felice Carena and exhibited his paintings in Rome in 1923 and 1931. When his father passed away, he returned to Egypt in 1924, where he remained until his death in 1961. During those bustling years in terms of art and culture in Egypt, Sebasti worked alongside the two pioneers of modern Egyptian painting, the Alexandrian painters Mahmoud Said (1897-1964) and Mohamed Nagui (1888-1956), co-founding with the latter the Alexandria Atelier, which would have a pivotal role for the development of Egypt’s artistic scene and the promotion of its art. Taking part in many exhibitions and fairs, such as the 1952 Venice Biennial and the 1957 São Paolo Biennial, Sebasti was very much inspired by his adoptive country, by its colours, its light and its people, as shown in La fille du Nil, the palette of which is almost Bonnard-like in its luminosity.
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