Georges Gasté
Georges Gasté , actually Constant Georges Gasté , (born August 30, 1869 in Paris , † 1910 in Madurai , British India ) was a French painter.
Life
Gasté was a son of the art dealer Henri Gasté (1845–1871); his grandfather was the art dealer Pierre Gasté (1820–1884). Gasté was educated at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. a. Alexandre Cabanel and Raphaël Collin . He was enthusiastic about orientalism from an early age .
He gained inspiration from his regular study trips, which he made from 1892 to and through North Africa to Palestine . On his last trip, which took him to South India, he fell ill and died in Madurai when he was about 41 years old.
Works (selection)
- Étude d'Arabes au soleil . 1897.
- Les bain des Brahmines à Madura . 1910.
- Jeune fille de Bou-Saâda . 1908/09.
- L'etang du lys d'or, Madura .
- Nature morte aux legumes et au plateau de piousmages .
literature
- Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays . New edition Grund, Paris 1999ff.
- Gérard-Georges Lemaire: Orientalism. The image of the Orient in painting (“L'univers des orientalistes”). Könemann, Cologne 2005, ISBN 3-8331-1433-9 .
Web links
Commons : Georges Gasté - Collection of images, videos and audio files
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gasté, Georges |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gasté, Constant Georges (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1910 |
| Place of death | Madurai , British India |