Gaston Vincent Anglade (1854 – 1919) was a French
impressionist
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...
painter known for his pastoral scenes of
Dordogne,
Pyrenées
The Pyrenees (; es, Pirineos ; french: Pyrénées ; ca, Pirineu ; eu, Pirinioak ; oc, Pirenèus ; an, Pirineus) is a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. It extends nearly from its union with the Cantabrian Mountains to ...
and
Alsace.
Anglade was born in Bordeaux and worked in Paris and Dordogne. He studied with
Léon Germain Pelouse (1838–1891) and made his reputation with paintings of mist-infused, multi-layered landscapes in a style similar to that of
William Didier-Pouget.
The large number of similar landscapes he painted, especially of heather-colored hills in the region of the
Meuse and
Creuze likely contributed to relatively sparse attention to his well-executed works. In recent years, however, they have attracted considerably greater interest.
Historical references
Member: The French Artists Society Exhibition: La Societe des Artistes Francais Reference: Dictionnaire des Petits Maitres de la Peinture 1820–1920, by Gerald Schurr & Pierre Cabanne, pg. 50–51, Tomes I, A and H.
References
1854 births
1919 deaths
French Impressionist painters
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