Paul Pascal

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Paul Pascal
Born1839
Toulouse, France
Died1905 (age 66/67)
Washington, D.C.
NationalityFrench
EducationÉcole des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Known forPainter
MovementOrientalist
Paysage oriental (Eastern landscape) - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Narbonne

Paul Pascal (1839–1905) was a French landscape painter. He did landscape paintings of the Middle East and the Mediterranean coast with gouache. After he emigrated to the United States in 1893, he did paintings of the American wilderness with Native Americans. His artwork is exhibited in museums in France.

Early life[edit]

Paul Pascal was born in 1839 Toulouse, France.[1] His family were ébénistes (cabinet-makers).[2] He grew up in North America.[2]

Pascal graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.[1]

Career[edit]

Pascal began his career as a painter in Toulouse in the 1870s.[2] By the 1880s, he moved to Paris, where he became a landscape painter.[2] He mostly did landscapes of the Middle East, but also Italy, the Mediterranean coast and the Pyrenees.[2] He only painted with gouache.[2]

Pascal emigrated to the United States in 1893.[1] He continued to do landscape paintings, including some depicting Native Americans.[1]

Death and legacy[edit]

Pascal died in poverty in 1905 in Washington, D.C.[1][2]

His paintings are exhibited at the Musée Paul Dupuy in Toulouse, the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Narbonne, and the Beaux Arts Museum in Agen.[1] They were also auctioned by Bonhams,[3] Sotheby's,[4] and Christie's.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Exposition : Paul Pascal, mémoires vagabondes (Toulouse, 1839 - Washington 1905) (archive)". L'Association des Conservateurs des Musées de Midi-Pyrénées. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Un hommage à Paul Pascal". La Dépêche du Midi. August 11, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  3. ^ "Lot 7005". Bonhams. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  4. ^ "Lot 7: PAUL PASCAL Woman on Shoreline". Sotheby's. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  5. ^ "An oasis at night". Christie's. Retrieved February 18, 2017.