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Leo Gausson (1860-1944) 
Aliases: Léo Gausson
Professions: Painter; Sculptor
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LÉO GAUSSON 1860-1944
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LEO GAUSSON
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¤Léo GAUSSON (1860-1944) LA MAISON, circa 1888 Huile sur toile
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s - LÉO GAUSSON 1860-1944
Biography: Gausson
(b lagny-sur-marne, nr paris, 14 feb 1860; d lagny-sur-marne, 27 oct 1944). french painter, sculptor, designer and government official. he trained first as a sculptor and engraver, not taking up painting until 1883. while working at the shop of the wood-engraver eugène froment (1844–1900) he met emile-gustave péduzzi (cavallo-péduzzi; 1851–1917) and maximilien luce. by 1886 all three were experimenting with the stippled brushwork and divided colour they had seen in the works of seurat, paul signac and camille pissarro and lucien pissarro. that year gausson made his début at the salon as a sculptor, with the plaster medallion profile of a young girl (untraced). he first showed his paintings at the salon des artistes indépendants in 1887 and exhibited there annually thereafter.
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