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Pierre Célestin Billet 1836 1922 Young Sailor Scanning the Ocean


Pierre Célestin Billet 1836 1922 Young Sailor Scanning the Ocean
Pierre Célestin Billet 1836 1922 Young Sailor Scanning the Ocean
Pierre Célestin Billet 1836 1922 Young Sailor Scanning the Ocean
Pierre Célestin Billet 1836 1922 Young Sailor Scanning the Ocean

Pierre Célestin Billet 1836 1922 Young Sailor Scanning the Ocean    Pierre Célestin Billet 1836 1922 Young Sailor Scanning the Ocean

PIERRE CÉLESTIN BILLET - 1836 - 1922 - YOUNG SAILOR GAZING AT THE OCEAN. Pierre Célestin Billet (1836 - 1922): young sailor gazing at the ocean. Pierre Célestin Billet, born in northern France on November 2, 1836, was the son of an industrialist established in the area.

He gave up this activity to become a student of painters. From 1868 onward, he exhibited genre scenes. He received a third-class medal in 1873 and a second-class medal in 1874. He painted rural scenes in the style of Jules Breton. After 1900, his art turned toward...

Pierre Billet trained students in painting, including his daughter. He was acquainted with the Breton family, the Demon-Breton couple, and certain painters of the... Fisherman's Daughter, oil on canvas.

Young Fisherman; The Wait, oil on wood. Young Fisherwoman, 1920, oil on canvas. The Aeroplane, oil on canvas.

Country Rest, 1915, oil on canvas. Musée du Touquet-Paris-Plage - Édouard Champion. Cup of Coffee, 1917, oil on canvas, 24 × 19 cm, donated by Mme Géneau. Étaples, around 1893, oil on canvas, 35 × 24 cm, donated by Henri Le Sidaner. Pine Forest of Le Touquet, 1907, oil on canvas, 46 × 43 cm, donated by Mme Guérin-Billet.

Poppy Field, oil on cardboard. Seated Woman, oil on canvas. Works exhibited at the Salons The Aftermath of a Card Game, Salon of 1868. The Wait, Salon of 1868.

Fisherman on the Beach of Ambleteuse (Pas-de-Calais), Salon of 1869. The Mayor's Card Game, Salon of 1869. Fisherwoman from the Boulogne area, Salon of 1870. The Tidal Hour, Normandy coast, Salon of 1872, formerly at the Musée du Luxembourg. Grass Cutters, Salon of 1873.

Return from Market, Salon of 1873. Wood Gatherer, Salon of 1874.

Tobacco Smugglers, Salon of 1874. In Winter, Salon of 1875. Memory of Ambleteuse, Salon of 1875. Young Market Gardener, Salon of 1876. A Spring at Yport (Seine-Maritime), Salon of 1876.

A Woodcutter, Salon of 1878. Shellfish Fisherwoman, Salon of 1878.

Before the Fishing, Salon of 1879. The Gleaners, Salon of 1881.

Memory of Cap d'Alprech; Fisherwoman from Le Portel, Salon of 1896.


Pierre Célestin Billet 1836 1922 Young Sailor Scanning the Ocean    Pierre Célestin Billet 1836 1922 Young Sailor Scanning the Ocean