Raymond Thibesart (1874 - 1968): The Three Plane Trees

Raymond THIBESART (1874-1968)The three plane trees Pastel on paper Dimensions: 49.5 x 32 cm Dimensions with frame: 65.5 x 48 cm Signed lower right Provenance: - Family of the artist - Galerie Tuffier, Les Andelys - Private collection, Evreux In very good condition Sold with invoice and certificate of authenticity from Mr. Thierry TUFFIER, specialist in the artist's works. Fast and careful shipping with insurance. Son of a wealthy family, Raymond Thibésart was born in Bar-sur-Aube on May 2, 1874. Shortly after, his parents moved to Enghien, in the suburbs of Paris. It was there that the Thibésarts met a Venezuelan family who had just arrived in France, the Boggios. Very gifted in drawing, Thibésart admired Emile Boggio, 17 years his senior, who gave him his first lessons when he was eleven. The master Emile Boggio, a very talented Venezuelan impressionist painter, became Raymond Thibésart's first teacher. From 1897; member, then gold medalist of the Society of French Artists, exhibited regularly at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Indépendants. Among the main exhibitions we can mention: 1907, Contemporary Art Gallery, Paris. 1923, Knoedler Gallery, Paris. 1913 – 1927, Georges Petit Gallery, Paris. 1930, Ecalle Gallery, Paris. 1937 – 1941, Romanet Gallery, Paris, Algiers. 1942 – 1965, Galerie des Champs-Élysées, Paris. Abroad, Italy, Switzerland, Holland, Japan, USA, particularly for 5 years at the Wally Findlay Gallery, in New York and Palm Beach. Six exhibitions took place at the Arte Moderno Gallery in Caracas between 1969 and 1981.