Private Gilbert

Biography

Gilbert Privat, born May 27, 1892 in Toulouse and died August 3, 1969 in Soulac-sur-Mer, is a French sculptor and painter, recognized for his artistic talent and winner of the Prix de Rome in 1921. Coming from a family of artists, his father being a wood sculptor, he began his artistic training in his father's studio before enrolling at the École des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse then at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied under the direction of Jules Coutan.
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Mobilized during the First World War, Gilbert Privat was wounded four times, which earned him the Military Medal. After the war, he settled in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. In 1921, he won the second Grand Prix de Rome, while the main winner was Élie-Jean Vézien. Privat regularly participated in Parisian salons and the International Exhibition in Paris in 1937.
In November 1937, he married Odette de Puiffe de Magondeaux, a lawyer, in Périgueux. During the Occupation, the couple lived in the south of France before returning to Paris after the Liberation. Gilbert Privat was honored with several distinctions, including a gold medal awarded by the Société des Arts et Lettres. The couple lived at 41, rue Boulard in the 14th arrondissement, where Odette Gilbert-Privat also distinguished herself as deputy mayor.
Gilbert Privat acquired a villa in Soulac-sur-Mer, where he spent his last years before dying on August 3, 1969. In 1997, his wife, Odette Gilbert-Privat, published a biography devoted to her husband, thus preserving his artistic and personal legacy.