Lucien Laurent-Gsell
Lucien Laurent-Gsell (born November 19, 1860 in Paris ; † 1944 there ) was a French painter of Swiss origin.
Live and act
Laurent-Gsell came from a family of artists. His father was the glass painter Gaspard Gsell , who ran the Laurent & Gsell company in Montmartre , and his grandfather was the lithographer Jakob Laurenz Gsell . The glass and church painter Albert Gsell was his brother.
Laurent-Gsell received his first artistic lessons from his father. With his support he was later accepted at the École des Beaux-Arts and u. a. Taught by Alexandre Cabanel and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres .
At the age of 84, Lucien Laurent-Gsell died in Paris and found his final resting place there.
Honors
- 1911 Appointment as Peintre Officiel de la Marine
Works (selection)
- Oil painting
- Le grand tam-tam du 14 July À Sanga (Soudan) .
- Animation on the Plage de Dieppe .
- L'atelier Cabanel . 1885.
- Book illustrations
- Amélie Dewailly : Voyage . 1893.
- Georges Vautier : Monsieur Badaud . 1889.
- François-Victor Foveau de Courmelles : Hypnotism . 1891.
literature
- Emmanuel Bénézit (ed.): Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays, vol. 8 . New edition Gründ, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-7000-3018-4 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Laurent-Gsell, Lucien |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter of Swiss origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1944 |
| Place of death | Paris |