92 x 73.5 cm Gilbert Bria was born in 1933 in Cannes. Bria is a painter first and foremost. He exhibits since 1958. In 1963 he exhibited with Cocteau, Lurcat, Picasso and Picabia. Until 1970 he mostly exhibits in France, but since 1971 also in Switzerland, Italy, and the USA, where Henry Kissinger bought one of his works to display in the White House. Many paintings were commissioned by the Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Germany in Paris, as well as by the Embassy of Paraguay in Spain and Princess Faisal of Saudi Arabia for her palace. "Bria Bari is not locked into a system. And the thread is probably the style, what makes a work of Bria Bari what it is. It is beneficial for an artist, and this is rare, to have the freedom, the courage not to lock himself up in a closed world. " Francois Nedellec (conservateur Vice-président de l’association des conservateurs de région PACA). Awarded Prix d'Honneur by the President of the French Republic at the Salon International de la 6e Biennale Azuréenne.