MÁSCARA || Christa Zaat

Christa Zaat



Louis Welden Hawkins (French Symbolist painter) 1849 – 1910
Mask, 1905
gouache on board
Private collection

***

Born in Germany of English parents, he took French nationality in 1895. Studied in Paris, at the Académie Julian. From 1881-91 he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais; from 1894 with the Societé Nationale, the Rose+Croix Salons and the Libre Esthetique in Brussels. In touch with the Symbolist writers, with Stéphane Mallarmé, Jean Lorraine, Robert de Montparnasse etc. Akin to the Pre-Raphaelites in his dense, highly detailed style combined with strange or exotic subject matter.

URL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Welden_Hawkins
http://www.artmagick.com/pictures/artist.aspx?artist=louis-welden-hawkins
http://www.cgfaonlineartmuseum.com/h/h-4.htm#hawkins

Louis Welden Hawkins - Mask, 1905