Gustave Loiseau (3 October 1865 – 10 October 1935) was a French

Post-Impressionist Post-Impressionism (also spelled Postimpressionism) was a predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905, from the last Impressionist exhibition to the birth of Fauvism. Post-Impressionism emerged as a reaction a ...

painter, remembered above all for his landscapes and scenes of Paris streets."Loiseau Gustave"
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Early life

Loiseau was born in Paris and was brought up there, and at

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, by parents who owned a butchers shop. He served an apprenticeship with a decorator who was a friend of the family. In 1887, when a legacy from his grandmother allowed him to concentrate on painting, he enrolled at the

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where he studied life-drawing. However, a year later he left the school after an argument with his teacher."Gustave Loiseau (1865 - Paris - 1935 - Paris)"
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Career

While working as a decorator, Loiseau redecorated the apartment of the landscape painter Fernand Quignon (1854–1941). After he left the École des arts décoratifs, he invited Quignon tutor him in painting. In 1890, he went to

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in Brittany for the first time, fraternizing with the artists there, especially

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and

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. After experimenting with

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, he adopted his own approach to

Post-Impressionism Post-Impressionism (also spelled Postimpressionism) was a predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905, from the last Impressionist exhibition to the birth of Fauvism. Post-Impressionism emerged as a reaction a ...

, painting landscapes directly from nature. His technique known as ''en treillis'' or cross-hatching gave his works a special quality, now recognized as his speciality. Loiseau first exhibited at the

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in 1893 and at the Salon de la Société Nationale in 1895 as well as at impressionist exhibitions in 1890 and 1896. Loiseau died in Paris on 10 October 1935.

Paintings

Loiseau's paintings, revealing his passion for the seasons from the beginning of spring to the harvests later in the autumn, often depict the same orchard or garden scene as time goes by. Series of this kind, which also include cliffs, harbours or churches, are reminiscent of

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. Although Loiseau did not complete many portraits, he often painted people at work: dockers together with their boats, villagers leaving a Sunday service in Brittany or arriving at the market in Pont-Aven, or even carriages in Paris driving across the

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and the

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. He is also remembered for his paintings of Paris streets such as the Rue de Clignancourt or the Avenue de Fiedland. From the 1920s, he painted many

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s. His overall approach, rather than being associated with any particular theory, is simply an attempt to represent scenes as sincerely as possible.

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