PROVENCE - BEAUX-ARTS - Esprit-Michel GIBELIN (Marseille 185 - Lot 353

PROVENCE - BEAUX-ARTS - Esprit-Michel GIBELIN (Marseille 1852 - Géoux-les-Bains 1909, Provencal painter, pupil of Cézanne) / Important correspondence of 32 signed autograph letters (total 89 p in-8 and 6 p in-12), from Aix, Saint-Martin de Bromes, Gréoux, 1901-1905, to Aix lawyer and félibre Jean-Marie Demolins (co-founder with Joachim Gasquet of the magazine "Les Mois dorés"): affectionate correspondence, the two families are very close, Demolins is godfather to Gibelin's son, Gibelin gives news, talks about his painting (various commissions for Aix town hall panels), his wife's painting, recounts his contacts with Gasquet, Mistral, d'Aubanel and various félibres, talks about his plans to publish Provençal works that he would illustrate, and so on. - Rich and dense correspondence on the Provencal milieu of the time / Attached: 2 autograph letters signed by his wife.