Paul de Castro

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Paul de Castro (* 1882 in Paris or Livorno ; † January 10, 1940 in Cabrières-d'Avignon ) was a French post-impressionist painter of British descent.

life and work

De Castro began studying fine arts at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris under Professors Fernand Cormon and Eugène Romain Thirion . From the beginning of the 20th century he began to exhibit in the Salon des Indépendants. He also regularly showed work at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and at the Salon d'Automne , of which he was a member for some time. At first, shortly after the turn of the century, he still worked in the French capital, but later in his life he was drawn to the countryside again and again, mainly to Provence . While at the beginning of his career he created a few interior depictions with people, de Castro devoted himself increasingly to landscape painting . He looked for his motifs in the parks of Paris and Provence. Furthermore, some genre scenes , still lifes and portraits were created .

Paul de Castro is a Knight of the Legion of Honor .

  • Femme avec chapeau , around 1907, oil / canvas, private collection, Germany

  • Le jardin des Tuileries en automne , 1921, oil / canvas, private collection

  • View of Paris with the church , undated, oil / canvas, private collection

  • Paysage provençal , undated, oil / canvas, private collection

Exhibitions

  • 1907: Exposition, u. a. with Gaston Prunier, Eugene Blot Gallery, Paris
  • 1909: Exposition de peinture de Paul de Castro et André Roberty, Galerie Henry Graves, Paris
  • 1912: Exposition des peintres de Versailles, Charles Hesséle Gallery, Paris
  • 1912: Exposition de tableaux, among others with Theodor Pallady , Galerie Richelieu, Paris
  • 1931: Paul de Castro Exposition, Marcel Bernheim Gallery
  • 1932: Les peintres des pronvinces Francais, u. a. with Kees van Dongen , Lucien Simon and Auguste Chabaud , Galerie Charpentier, Paris

Working in museums

literature

  • Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs , Tome 3, p. 373 f., Gründ 1966
  • Paul de Castro . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 1 : A-D . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1953, p. 406 .

Web links

Commons : Paul de Castro  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Message in Figaro from January 16, 1940
personal data
SURNAME Castro, Paul de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French post-impressionist painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris or Livorno
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1940
Place of death Cabrières-d'Avignon