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1882 Paris, France - 1935 New York City. Known for: Sculpture-caricature nude, sketches.
Born in Paris, Gaston Lachaise became a sculptor, whose signature work was larger-than-life abstract, erotic female figures who were nude and reclining or standing, had pendulous breasts and large... Read full biography
Born in Paris, Gaston Lachaise became a sculptor, whose signature work was larger-than-life abstract, erotic female figures who were nude and reclining or standing, had pendulous breasts and large stomachs. Some of them were acrobatic and others were floating figures in fountains. He also did an... Read full biography
Born in Paris, Gaston Lachaise became a sculptor, whose signature work was larger-than-life abstract, erotic female figures who were nude and reclining or standing, had pendulous breasts and large stomachs. Some of them were acrobatic and others were floating figures in fountains. He also did an occasional male nude as well as portrait busts. Gaston Lachaise was the son of a master cabinet-maker and wood carver with whom he trained. At age 13, he enrolled in the Bernard Palissy School to study... Read full biography
Born in Paris, Gaston Lachaise became a sculptor, whose signature work was larger-than-life abstract, erotic female figures who were nude and reclining or standing, had pendulous breasts and large stomachs. Some of them were acrobatic and others were floating figures in fountains. He also did an occasional male nude as well as portrait busts. Gaston Lachaise was the son of a master cabinet-maker and wood carver with whom he trained. At age 13, he enrolled in the Bernard Palissy School to study sculpture and at age 16 in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He also worked for Rene Lalique of the famous glass making family. In 1906, he arrived in Boston where he worked for Henry Hudson Kitson. He became enamored with Isabel Dutaud Nagle, and she, 10... Read full biography
Born in Paris, Gaston Lachaise became a sculptor, whose signature work was larger-than-life abstract, erotic female figures who were nude and reclining or standing, had pendulous breasts and large stomachs. Some of them were acrobatic and others were floating figures in fountains. He also did an occasional male nude as well as portrait busts. Gaston Lachaise was the son of a master cabinet-maker and wood carver with whom he trained. At age 13, he enrolled in the Bernard Palissy School to study sculpture and at age 16 in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He also worked for Rene Lalique of the famous glass making family. In 1906, he arrived in Boston where he worked for Henry Hudson Kitson. He became enamored with Isabel Dutaud Nagle, and she, 10 years older than he, became the passion of his art and life. He then established a studio in New York where he repeatedly sculpted the fig... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Bas Relief, Wall Mounted Sculpture
- •Direct Carver, Hand Carving
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
- •Sketch, Sketching
Art Media
- •Alabaster
- •Bronze
- •Charcoal
- •Colored Pencil
- •Conte Crayon
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Ink
- •Marble
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Plaster
- •Stone and/or Limestone
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstraction and Realism; Semi Abstract
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Caricatures
- •Female Face and Figure
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Human Head Images, Portrait Heads, Faces
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portrait Bust Sculpture
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Torsos
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
- •Ogunquit, Maine
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
- •Woodstock, New York
Art Association
- •Boston Art Club
- •National Sculpture Society
- •Salons of America
- •Society of Independent Artists-
- •Woodstock Art Association, New York
Art School
- •Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Art Collection
- •Bakkom Photo Collection, St. Paul, Minnesota (2)
- •Edith and Milton Lowenthal
- •Rockefeller Center, New York City
- •Sara Roby Foundation
Added Description
- •Caricature Specialty
- •Nude Figure Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Kraushaar Galleries, New York
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Century of Progress, Chicago 1933
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •National Sculpture Society-
- •Salons of America-
- •Society of Independent Artists--
- •Woodstock NY Art Association
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
- •Armory Show 1913, New York
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts