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French Painter Gabriel Ferrier’s Invincible Hope

Result EUR50,800
Published on , by Anne Doridou-Heim
Auction on 09 April 2021 - 13:30 (CEST) - Salle 5 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

This cryptic work by Gabriel Ferrier (1847-1914) opened a breach in traditional academicism.

Gabriel Ferrier (1847-1914), L'espoir reste invincible. Spes Invicta Manet (Hope... French Painter Gabriel Ferrier’s Invincible Hope

Gabriel Ferrier (1847-1914), L'espoir reste invincible. Spes Invicta Manet (Hope Is Invincible. Spes invicta Manet), 1895, oil on canvas glued on panel, 280 x 170 cm/110.24 x 66.93 in.
Result: €50,800

Art historians have too often dismissed 19 th -century French academic artists such as Alexandre Cabanel and Jean-Léon Gérôme , who remained outside the mainstream of modern art , as a bit kitschy. Now, as they are the subject of…
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