Gabriel Moiselet (1885-1961), The Red Roofs In Polignac, Oil On Canvas.

Gabriel Moiselet, born November 5, 1885 in Puy-en-Velay, died February 10, 1961 in Paris. His grandfather was an architect in the city of Le Puy, his uncles were architects and decor painters.
He began his training at the municipal school of fine arts in Puy-en-Velay then studied at the Ecole des Beaux-arts in Paris in the workshops of Jean-Paul Laurens, Luc-Olivier Merson and Raphaël Collin.
He will receive several Prizes. He exhibited for the first time at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1912. In addition to the canvases regularly presented in various Salons, he received orders for decorations for churches and public buildings (Salle des Fêtes du Plessis-Robinson, 1959).
Works by him are kept in his hometown of Puy-en-Velay, at the Crozatier museum and a Landscape in Lempdes at the Museum of modern and contemporary art in Saint-Etienne.

Red roofs in Polignac, oil on canvas, signed lower right: "Gabriel Moiselet".
On the back, a machine-typed label is stuck on the frame, it reads: “Red roofs in Polignac (Haute Loire) / by / Moiselet Gabriel / Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur. Gold medal of the International Exhibition of 1937. Gold medal of the Salon des Artistes Français 1948. Member of the Salon d'Hiver. ROSA-BONHEUR Award. BONNAT price. "