Gabriel-Hippolyte Lebas

Lebas was Naturalist/Pre Impressionist and the only son of Colombe Isambert  and Louis Hippolyte Lebas. Gabriel Lebas matured in a pantheon of great Neoclassic architects. He won the title of POM: Peintre Officiel de la Marine (Official Painter of the Navy). This is granted by the French Minister of Defense to artists who have devoted their talent to the sea, the Navy and seafarers. The POM can also be awarded to photographers, filmmakers, illustrators, engravers and sculptors. Beyond what has been stated above, unfortunately, little is known of Gabriel Le Bas. The rest must be teased from his work and what has been written about his father.