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Gaston Robbe (1900–1954) was closely associated with the artistic life of the Haut-Doubs. Initially a notary in Le Russey, he drew before turning to painting with encouragement from Jules-Émile Zingg. Meeting Albert Marquet in Venice in 1936 strengthened this vocation. In 1939 he left his profession to devote himself to art, without having received an academic training.
The landscapes of his home region, especially villages and snowy winters, occupy a major place in his work, alongside portraits and still lifes. He exhibited at the Salon des Annonciades in Pontarlier from 1935 and held a solo exhibition in a Paris gallery in 1951. A retrospective followed at Besançon’s Palais Granvelle in 1957. The Pontarlier museum holds his oil painting Fin d’hiver à Salins.
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Oil on Pavatex
Paysage d'hiver
huile sur pavatex
Catalogue period : 2022-05-04
Published result : 450 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 400–600
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Oil on panel
Paysage hivernal à Montbenoit dans le Doubs
huile sur panneau
Catalogue period : 2022-05-04
Published result : 4000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 500–700
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