Paul Pascal Explained

Paul Pascal
Birth Date:1839
Birth Place:Toulouse, France
Death Date:1905 (age 66/67)
Death Place:Washington, D.C.
Nationality:French
Education:École des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Known For:Painter
Movement:Orientalist

thumb|Paysage oriental (Eastern landscape) - Musée des Beaux-Arts de NarbonnePaul 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

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

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

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]

Notes and References

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