Adrien Dauzats - Artist Info

About Adrien Dauzats

  • Biography

    Adrien Dauzats was born in Bordeaux in 1804. He was a painter, illustrator, and writer. His early training was as a theatrical scene painter, and designer of lithographs. He first worked in Bordeaux under Pierre Lacour. He later became an assistant to the scene painter Thomas Olivier, who was the Chief Decorator at the Grand Theatre in Bordeaux. He moved to Paris, and joined the studio of Julien Michel Gue, the historical and landscape painter. Julien Gue recommended him to the decorators of the Theatre Italien, as well as Mattis, Desroches and Blanchard.

    Dauzats had a very close association with Baron Isidore Justin Severin Taylor (1789-1879), who was the Royal commissioner for the Theatre Francai...

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