Guy Cambier "Flower Market" Vintage Figurative Oil Painting

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Guy Cambier was born in Uccle-lez-Bruxelles in 1923. He was self-taught and studied the techniques and works of those artists … more Guy Cambier was born in Uccle-lez-Bruxelles in 1923. He was self-taught and studied the techniques and works of those artists he emulated, Corot and Watteau. Cambier started to exhibit in 1942 first in Belgium and afterwards in France at the the Cote d’Azur as well as in the United States and in Paris at the Salon des Peintres Temoins de leur Temps. In 1957, he received the Parisian award, “Le Prix de la Jeune Peinture”. He moved to the South of France in 1950 and resided in Grasse where he spent most of the rest of is life. Cambier became a favorite portrait artist of several celebrities and painted such dignitaries as Princess Grace of Monaco, Winston Churchill, Ingrid Bergman and Edward G. Robinson. His paintings were acquired by the French Government.

The dimensions given are those of the frame i.e. W: 23.25" H: 20”
Those of the canvas are: W: 16.5”; H: 13” less