Georges Gasté 1869-1910 young Orientalist

Georges Gasté exhibitions:
"Itinéraire d'un orientaliste" the Mandet Museum in Riom 2015
"l'orient de Georges Gasté" at the Musée Lambinet in Versailles exhibition in 2017
"Tracking the sun in the shadows
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Biography :
Constant Georges Gasté was born on August 30, 1869 at 3, rue du Gindre in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, into a large family of painters. His father, Henry Gasté (1845-1871), from Laval, was an art dealer, and he was the son of Pierre Gasté (1820-1884) (Georges Gasté's grandfather), himself an art dealer. He received his first artistic education at the Atelier Colarossi, and at the age of 18 enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts at the Atelier Alexandre Cabanel.
In 1892, during a trip to Morocco, Algeria and Palestine, he marveled at the quality of the light he observed there. He decided to become an Orientalist artist. In 1893, the French Orientalist Nasreddine Dinet noticed his work and invited him to stay in Bou Saâda , in southern Algeria, where he had founded an artists' colony with a small group of French painters. Fascinated by the local people, he found inspiration for his paintings and produced numerous portraits of them. For five years, between 1892 and 1898, he traveled throughout North Africa, visiting Algeria and Egypt. In 1907, he settled in Cairo. During this period, he rarely returned to his native France. [ 1 ]
Eager to discover new horizons, Gasté sets sail for India , which becomes a new source of inspiration for his paintings. In 1905, he settled in Agra, the city of the Taj Mahal in northern India. During this period, he travelled to Venice and then Constantinople, before returning to India in 1907 and settling in Madurai. India was a major source of inspiration, and he took many photographs and produced numerous paintings and watercolors. This was to be the most productive period of his career. [ 2 ]
In 1907, he was appointed official correspondent of the Society of Orientalist Painters in India. In 1909, he obtained the rare permission to spend six months in the great temple of Madurai. From this privilege, he produced several works, including Le Bain des Brahmines, now in the Musée d'Orsay. He became the painter of India.
He died in his studio in Madurai, India, of an illness on September 12, 1910.
In 2013, an exhibition entitled Georges Gasté, un Orient d'ombre et de lumière was held at the Musée Montparnasse in Paris.
Painting recto verso
With a Montparnasse frame
Oil on panel signed top right
A young orientalist (Morocco, Algeria or Tunisia) with traditional bracelet and earring
As is
Two works on the same panel, on the reverse is a painted open chest
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