BEAUX-ARTS - Esprit-Michel GIBELIN (Marseille 1852 - Géoux-l - Lot 555

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 the godfather of Gibelin's son, Gibelin gives news, talks about his painting (various commissions for Aix town hall panels) and that of his wife, recounts his contacts with Gasquet, Mistral, Aubanel and various félibres, talks about his plans to publish Provençal works that he would illustrate, etc. - Rich and dense correspondence on the Provencal milieu of the time / Attached: 2 autograph letters signed by his wife.