Suzanne Sable

Art Brokerage: Suzanne Sable French Artist: b. 1926-2005. Suzanne Sablé was born in Paris, France. In her twenties she enrolled at the city of Paris' night school, Ecole Superieure de Peinture et Sculpture for a four-year term. In the company of art teachers and professional artists who came to perfect their craft, Sablé learned academic drawing, painting and sculpture. At the end of the last two consecutive years, she was granted first prize by the city of Paris for best overall work of the year. Meanwhile, during the days, she worked in a ceramic studio, and on weekends she learned to master the technique of painting on ivory under the direction of the well-recognized miniaturist Georgette Ray. In 1956 Sablé moved to the United States where her son and daughter were born. In 1978 she became a member of the Carmel Art Association. In 1982 the Devonian Group of Charitable Foundations commissioned Sable( for a large sculpture to be installed in the new City Hall of Calgary, Canada. In 1984 she was chosen by the County and City of San Francisco Art Commission as one of the finalists for a sculpture to be installed in a park in San Francisco. In 1997, developed her one-of-a-kind series of 3-dimensional paintings. She had a show in December at the Carmel Art Association along with new bronze sculptures. Sable's latest work involves a new series of distinctively French characters inspired from her childhood memories and old family portraits. Suzanne Sablé's works are carried by selected galleries and are in private collections all across America and abroad. Later on, Sablé opened her own ceramic studio and became a member of the Salon des Netiers d'Art de France. Sablé also painted oil portraits, some of which she exhibited at the Salon des Artists Francais and won a first prize at the Grande Gallerie, Paris. Twice a week, however, she managed to take some time off to go to the Beaux Arts to learn perspective and anatomy. Listings wanted.