“La Terre promise”, oil on canvas, Sébastien (1909-1990)

“La Terre promise”
Oil on canvas, signed lower right
H. 101.5 × W. 81.5 cm
Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Lucienne Lazon

Biographical notes
Gabriel Simonet, known as Sébastien, was a French sculptor, ceramist and painter. Trained at the École Boulle, he worked as a decorator before turning to sculpture and terracotta; living in Vallauris during the war, he became known as “the magician of Vallauris clay”. The painter and jeweller Lucienne Lazon collected his work, which is now held at the Centre d’Art Sébastien in Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer.