Gaston Lachaise Gå inn i en
stemning, ikke
et galleri
Velg en stemning og rommet svarer – lyset kjøles eller varmes opp, luften endrer tempo, og kun verkene som bærer den følelsen trer frem fra mørket. Alt annet viker tilbake i skyggen.
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…