Gaston Lachaise Enter a
feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Gaston Lachaise
Early Life and Education Born: March 19, 1882, Paris, France Died: October 18, 1935 Parents: Marie Barré (daughter of a sculptor) and Jean Lachaise (cabinetmaker who designed furniture for Gustave Eiffel's apartment in the Eiffel Tower). Early Training: Studied at the École Municipale Bernard Palissy (age 13) and later at the Académie Nationale des Beaux-Arts (1898-1904) under Gabriel-Jules Thomas. Early Career: Worked as a m
odeler for René Lalique, designing decorative objects. Move to America and Relationship with Isabel Nagel Meeting Isabel: Around 1902/1903 met and fell in love with Isabel Dutaud Nagle, an American woman of French Canadian descent. Immigration: In 1906, after working for Lalique to pay for his passage, Lachaise immigrated to Boston, vowing to follow Isabel. Early Work in America: Worked as a sculptor's assistant for H.H. Kitso…