Guarisco Gallery 2012

Germain Ribot was a major figure in the steady revival of still-life painting in France during the 19 th century. Ribot studied with the French painter Antoine Vollon from whom he learned the art of still life composition and coloring. He was also undeniably influenced by his father, the celebrated genre painter Théodule Augustin Ribot, from whom he adopted a manner of painting characterized by a dark palette, dramatic lighting, and simple compositions in the tradition of 17 th - and 18 th -century Spanish painting. His still-lifes tend to emphasize the play of light on the surface of petals and vases, rather than the versimilitude of Dutch still-life painting. Exhibitions: Salon des Artistes Français, Paris; Manchester Art Gallery [ Museums: Cleveland Museum of Art; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes] Germain Théodore Ribot Germain Théodore Ribot French, 1845-1893 Peonies and Assorted Flowers in a Vase signed, o/p 17” x 13” 25” x 21” fr. Germain Théodore Ribot French, 1845-1893 Peonies in a Blue Vase signed, o/c 25-1/2” x 21-1/2” 33-1/2” x 29-1/2” fr.