Gaston Darbour

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Gaston Charles Guillaume Darbour (* 1869 in Sedan ; † 1941 in Paris ) was a French graphic artist who mainly worked in the technique of etching . His work can be attributed to Art Nouveau .

life and work

At the age of fourteen Gaston Darbour's interest in the visual arts was aroused when he saw the illustrated illustrations in a daily newspaper, and from then on he began to be more interested in them. His parents, unimpressed by his career aspirations, sent him to Germany , Austria and England with the hope that he would abandon the project .

At the age of twenty, however, he enrolled at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs de Paris , where he found his teachers with Jules Lefebvre and Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant . Completely dissatisfied with his studies - he described the time spent there as "useless" - a friend brought him to Félicien Rops to show him a drawing book, whereupon he encouraged him to turn to the technique of etching.

It seems that Darbour didn't have to rely on his art for a living. For this reason he was able to allow himself to work in a rural idyll, independent of the essential Parisian art market in Château d'Uzos , five kilometers from Pau . Darbour exhibited regularly at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts .

In 1897 he was asked to design a lithograph for the important Art Nouveau magazine L'Estampe Moderne . His preferred technique, however, was etching in all of its variants, which he only printed in very small editions, with a few exceptions. Drawings or paintings have rarely been made.

  • Jeune fille en buste , etching, private property

  • Jeunne fille au coquelicots , 1897, lithograph for L'Estampe Moderne , National Gallery of Australia , Canberra

  • Tête de jeune fille , 1903, etching for the Revue de l'Art ancien et moderne , private property

  • La dame au chapeau , ca.1910 , drypoint, edition of 28, private collection

Book illustrations

Works in public collections

literature

  • FL Leipnik: A history of French etching from the sixteenth century to the present day. , Published by John Lane, London, 1924

Web links

Commons : Gaston Darbour  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Year of death 1941 according to the website of the National Gallery of Australia (NGA). Query date: June 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ Numéro d'inventaire: RP 112 ( Memento des Originals from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / muba-tourcoing.fr
  3. ↑ Accession No: NGA 75.2.4.1
personal data
SURNAME Darbour, Gaston
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Darbour, Gaston Charles Guillaume (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French Art Nouveau graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Sedan
DATE OF DEATH 1941
Place of death Paris