Gabriel de Saint-Aubins

Happy Birthday Gabriel de Saint-Aubins!! Born in France in 1724, Saint-Aubins focus was painting genre or scenes of everyday life in Paris. His livelihood was barely supported by his engravings but he longed to be a true painter and studied painting all his life. He failed to gain much recognition during his lifetime and was quite poor. His scenes have a genteel, calm quality to them as exhibited in the painting below.