Short Biography
Guy de Barbot was born in Paris in 1921 and his wish was to study arts. But when he told his parents about it, they firmly refused.

He therefore followed in his father's footsteps as well as his grand-father's, great-grand-father's ... and began a brilliant military career. Without leaving the army, he entered the diplomatic service, thus working in Cairo, where his first exhibition will take place, and then in London's and then Washigton's French embassies.

His wife Françoise de Ganay, whom he married in 1956, and his three daughters born in 1958, 1959 and 1960 all benefited from living abroad. During these years he didn't paint much, but from time to time grabbed a paintbrush to create frescos for the thematic parties he gave.

Back in Paris in 1973, the Colonel de Barbot used his retirement years to, at last, fully express himself in the artistic domain. He had some less and some very prolific periods, when he isolated himself in a Parisian suburban studio he bought for this specific purpose. His works often reflected his state of mind and were particularly influenced by the accidental death of his eldest daughter Virginie in 1979, whom he specially cherished for she had begun art studies with much talent.

He died in 1997, but his artistic blood now flows in his grand-daughter Flora's veins.