Claude Le Baube
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Claude Le Baube (1919–2007) was a painter and sea captain.
Career[]
His works consist mostly of landscapes painted on location, of realistic historical naval scenes very precisely detailed and brushed by his ambidextrous hands, and of still-lives blended with eccentric imagery. His oeuvre is a reflection of his knowledge of the maritime world, his numerous travels, his interest in and taste for distinctly drawn landscapes, and a consequence of an overflowing imagination that made him a phenomenal story teller animated by nostalgia—at times even by a certain anguish.
Born into a family of artists (he was the maternal grandson of two recognized painters Grand Prix de Rome and Marius Vasselon, and the paternal grandson of , painter/sculptor), he began to draw at a very early age (his parents and Robert Le Baube were themselves exceptional at drawing). The novels of Jules Verne (and the illustrations contained in the Hetzel book collection) left a profound mark on him in his childhood, and as a result they would be a longstanding source of inspiration. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.
Family[]
Le Baube was the father of the photographer Guy le Baube and the uncle of the painter .
Books and illustrations[]
- 1945: Watercolor illustrations of Aux Postes de combat by A. Truffert, relating the battles of the French Navy vessels of Free France.
- 1946: Illustrated the first and second covers of N° 22 of the "Marine Nationale" magazine.
- April 1947: Illustrated the first and second covers of N° 30 of the "Marine Nationale mer et outre-mer" magazine.
- 1978: Illustrated "Rayon vert au Cap Horn" by the solo navigator Loïck Fougeron, published by Pen Duick.
- 1981–1983: Illustrated '"Histoire de la Marine" published by .
- 1982: Text and illustrations of a book on lighthouses (in the account of the sea cruises of the ).
- 1983: Illustrated the la cover of "les oubliés du bout du monde" The Journal of a sailor in Indochina from 1939 to 1946, Romé, Maritimes et d'outre-mer publications. Illustration in the magazine “ça m'intéresse,” oil painting related to the loss of the Sheffield.
- 1984: illustrated the cover of "l'aventure héroïque des sous-marins français 1939-1945" (Heroic ventures of French Submarines) by Jean-Jacques Antier, Maritimes et d'outre-mer publications.
- 1985: illustrated "L'aigle des mers" (See Adler) by Felix von Luckner, published by Lavauzelle. Illustrated the cover of "Tonnerre sur la Corse" (Thunder on Corsica) by , maritime et d'outre-mer publications.
- 1992: illustrated the cover of ”l'Histoire de la Marine”, tome 2 de la vapeur à l'atome" (from steam to nuclear) by , Lavauzelle publishers.
- 2007: illustrated, with a double-paged oil painting, the article "une victoire oubliée, la bataille de Koh Chang" in "champs de bataille thématique" n°1, April 2007.
- June 2007: publication of six drawings, paintings, and aquarelles in Carré Voiles n°9, a quarterly magazine dedicated to sailing, to illustrate a biographical article dedicated to him. See: magazine website and the summary of the issue in question.
Exhibitions[]
- 1954, "la Palette du Tertre" Gallery, Casablanca, Morocco.
- 1956, “Galerie du Vieux Port” Marseille.
- 1956, Grand Prix de “La Danse et de l’Opéra” the little flutist, Marseille
- 1957, “Galerie Nègre” Marseille.
- 1958, “Galerie Chardin” Paris.
- 1959, Grand Prix du Palais Royal, presided over by Jean Cocteau.
- 1960, Galerie Alain le Breton, Marseille. Prize for new painting, "Ville de Marseille".
- 1961, “Galerie le Breton”, Marseille.
- 1965, "Les amis des arts", Aix-en-Provence.
- 1966, Avignon.
- 1970, “Galerie Aldebert”, Basel.
- 1971, Galerie "le Moulin Autran", Nyons
- 1972, Galerie "les Amis des Arts", Aix-en-Provence
- 1975, Honorary invitation to the salon Sauveterre du Gard
- 1976, “Galerie André Nègre”, Marseille.
- 1978, Two exhibitions aboard the liner Mermoz ; followed in November
- 1978, exhibited at the “Salon d'Automne” in Paris
- 1980, “Salon d'Automne”, Paris
- 1983, Galerie Grossi, Apt
- 1988, Galerie "le moulin Autran", Nyons
- 1989, Galerie"l'hôtel de Wicque", Pezenas.
- 1990, Galerie “Feille”
- 1992, Honorary invitation to the Festival de Thonon
- 1995, Galerie"l'hôtel de Wicque”, Pezenas.
- 1997, Galerie Grossi, Apt
- 2000, Exhibition in Tokyo. Among the sale, Tokyo Museum acquired one of them.
- 2001, Exhibition in Pouzilhac ; exhibition at the Musée de Fréjus : first prize, for the Marines.
- 2002, Aix-en-Provence
- 2003, Musée de Fréjus ; galerie Grossi, Apt.
Past sales in galleries[]
- 7/11/1960 : Michel Boscher study, Paris Drouot : n°75, "le phare", 38 × 65 cm.
- 4/10/1998 : Vue de Singapour, circa 1940, aquarelle on paper, 42 × 60 cm.
- 28/10/2000, L'étude de Provence : "Cuirassés naviguant de nuit” oil on canvas, 33×46 cm.
- 28/10/2000, L'étude de Provence : "Cuirassés naviguant de nuit” oil on canvas, 33×46 cm.
- 2/07/2001, Auction commissionaire Neret-Minet : La corvette l'Aimable Marie devant le port de Gorée, circa 1950, oil on canvas, 64 × 100 cm
- 15/12/2001, Auction commissionaire Neret-Minet, "Le Suffren et le Leygues", oil on canvas, 50×73 cm (195⁄8 × 283⁄4 in).
- 14-7-2004 : Caravelles, aquarelle on paper, 48 × 70 cm. 19/3/2006 : African landscape painted on the bridge of a boat, oil on canvas, 34 × 46 cm.
- 20-8-2006 : Vaisseaux, aquarelle on paper, 44,2 × 27,9 cm.
- 9-12-06 : Le Soleil royal à la Hougue, oil on canvas, 60 × 81 cm. 20/9/2007, Tajan : "Trois mâts au mouillage", oil on canvas, 60×72 cm.
- 9-12-06 : "Vaisseaux de la compagnie des Indes au port Saint-Louis" - 50×73 cm. -
- 9-12-06, Auction commisionaire Leclere (Marseille - France)"La tour de Babel à marée basse" - huile sur toile (tableau crée en 2005 ?) - 55 × 46 cm.
- 24-06-07, Auction commisionaire Lesieur-Lebars, (Le Havre - France), "Trois mâts" - oil on panel - 60 × 102 cm.
- 20-09-07, Auction commisionaire Tajan, "Trois mâts au mouillage - oil on canvas - 60 × 72 cm.
- 02-02-08 : "Trois mâts" - oil on canvas.
- 12-06-08 : "La plage du Pouliguen à contre-jour" - oil on canvas - 35×55 cm (13,8×21,7 in).
External links[]
- 1919 births
- 2007 deaths
- 20th-century French painters
- 20th-century male artists
- French male painters
- 21st-century French painters