Claude Le Baube

His works consist primarily of landscapes painted on location, as well as realistic historical naval scenes characterized by detailed execution and the use of both hands. His paintings also include still lifes with varied imagery. His oeuvre reflects his knowledge of the maritime world, his travels, and his interest in landscape painting. Born into a family of artists (he was the maternal grandson of two recognized painters Hortense Dury-Vasselon Grand Prix de Rome and Marius Vasselon, and the paternal grandson of Victor Le Baube, painter/sculptor), he began to draw at a very early age (his parents Marthe Vasselon 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.

Le Baube was the father of the photographer Guy le Baube and the uncle of the painter Guillaume Le Baube.

• 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.

• 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 (19 × 28 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).