SS Paris French Lines Travel Poster 1930

by Albert Sebille

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SS Paris French Lines Travel Poster 1930

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Albert Sebille

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SS Paris French Lines Travel Poster 1930 by Albert Sebille. French Line Cie Gle Transatlantique SS Paris Length 768 Feet Gross Tonnage 35000 Horse Power 45000 New York Havre Paris, SS Paris was a French ocean liner built for the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique by Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire, France. Although Paris was laid down in 1913, her launching was delayed until 1916, and she was not completed until 1921, due to World War I. When Paris was finally completed, she was the largest liner under the French flag, at 34,569 tons. Albert Sebille 1874-1953. Albert Seblle was appointed official painter of the navy in 1907. From the Mediterranean, all his youth was spent in Marseille. He was trained in the fine arts of this city. In 1894, at the age of twenty, he “went up” to Paris. He did not practice Impressionism, which was beginning at that time, he prefered maritime narrative painting, especially as this led him to be an official painter of the navy. He took part in the 1914-1918 war. After the war, he became attached to the newspaper “L’ Illustration “. His dream was to publish “the universal history of the navy” (with the assistance of Georges Toudouze Charles de la Roncière, Tramond, Rondeleux., Dolfus, Lestonnat).

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