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Armand Desire Gautier

Armand Desire Gautier (1825 - 1894) was active/lived in France.  Armand Gautier is known for Figure and still-life painting, lithography.

Armand Gautier was Gustave Courbet's most loyal friend, with whom he shared a quest for realism and an interest in modern, societal subjects. In Paris in the early 1850s, he befriended his fellow Lille medical student, Paul Gachet. Gachet, who was to become a patron of the Impressionists and welcomed Cézanne and van Gogh to his home in Auvers-sur-Oise, was an intern at the Salpêtrière in 1854 in the department of Dr. Falret, who granted Gautier "?permission to carry out numerous studies, such as Une Gâteuse, Une Mégalomane, Une princesse à la Salpêtrière?" (exhibition catalog Armand Gautier 1825-1894. Une amitié à la Courbet, Ornans, Musée Courbet, 2004, p. 29). These studies paved the way for a large-format work, Les Folles de la Salpêtrière, which was rejected at the Salon of 1854; lost, its composition is known from an engraving. Founded in 1656 as a hospice for homeless women, the Salpêtrière hospital in Paris underwent significant changes over the centuries. In the 18th century,   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2236 characters.]  Artist bio

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