Artist: Gaston Lachaise (1882 - 1935)
Nationality: French-American
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Media: Sculpture
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Biography:
Born in France, Gaston Lachaise moved to the United States in 1906 and later became one of the country’s leading modern sculptors. He moved from Boston to New York in 1912, where he became the assistant to Paul Manship. He married his inspiration, American Isabel Dutaud Nagle in 1917. Lachaise was proficient in stone, metal and wood but his most famous works were in bronze. His portrait busts are noted for their psychological character and he also created small decorative animal sculptures. However, he is most famous for his female nudes, which have been compared to those of Renoir.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Gaston Lachaise Mrs. Lachaise bronze 19th - 20th century
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Gaston Lachaise Female Nude graphite circa 1920 - 1940
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Gaston Lachaise Female Nude, seen from the rear graphite circa 1920 - 1940
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Gaston Lachaise - Sea Gull 1927 alabaster Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Gaston Lachaise - Standing Woman 1932 bronze The Museum of Modern Art French
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Standing Woman (Elevation), 1927 Gaston Lachaise (American, born France, 1882-1935)Bronze; H. 73-7/8, W. 32, D.
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Gaston Lachaise - Head of John Marin 1928 bronze Minneapolis Institute of Arts American
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Edmund Blampied Gaston Lithograph 1931
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Gaston De Latenay Marine etching 19th century
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Gaston L. S. Rodriguez Dans le Clos etching 19th century
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Gaston L. S. Rodriguez The House of Cards etching 19th century
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Gaston De Latenay L'Escaut pres d'Anvers Etching 19th century
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Gaston De Latenay L'Entree au bassin d'Anvers Etching 19th century
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Francois-Seraphin Delpech Gaston de Foix, Dud de Nemours 1512 18th - 19th century
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Jean-Gaston Coindre Vieux Besancon Etching 1868
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Jean-Gaston Coindre Les Sapins du Doubs Etching 19th century
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Jean-Gaston Coindre Le Ruisseau a Salins (Jura) Etching 1874
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Jean-Gaston Coindre Chapel in landscape with trees to the right (Besancon) 1877
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Jean-Gaston Coindre Quai Des Arenes A Besancon 19th century
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Paul Gaston Oriental (Ainu?) Mendicant Silver print circa 1900
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Pierre Drevet Armand-Gaston, Prince de Rohan, Cardinal Engraving 17th - 18th century
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Lucas Vorsterman the Elder [Portrait of Gaston de Francia] 16th - 17th century
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Nicolas Africano Amulet figure Wood, traces of pigment 19th century
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Gaston de La Touche L'Assommoir (suite de 15 planches et titre illustre)Note: 7/20/94: VERIFY TITLE FOR EACH PRINT and which plate Drypoint 1878
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Gaston de La Touche L'Assommoir (suite de 15 planches et titre illustre)Note: 7/20/94: VERIFY TITLE FOR EACH PRINT and which plate Drypoint 1878
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Gaston de La Touche L'Assommoir (suite de 15 planches et titre illustre)Note: 7/20/94: VERIFY TITLE FOR EACH PRINT and which plate Drypoint 1878
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Gaston de La Touche L'Assommoir (suite de 15 planches et titre illustre)Note: 7/20/94: VERIFY TITLE FOR EACH PRINT and which plate Drypoint 1878
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Gaston de La Touche L'Assommoir (suite de 15 planches et titre illustre)Note: 7/20/94: VERIFY TITLE FOR EACH PRINT and which plate Drypoint 1878
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Gaston de La Touche L'Assommoir (suite de 15 planches et titre illustre)Note: 7/20/94: VERIFY TITLE FOR EACH PRINT and which plate Drypoint 1878
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Gaston de La Touche L'Assommoir (suite de 15 planches et titre illustre)Note: 7/20/94: VERIFY TITLE FOR EACH PRINT and which plate Drypoint 1878
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Gaston de La Touche L'Assommoir (suite de 15 planches et titre illustre)Note: 7/20/94: VERIFY TITLE FOR EACH PRINT and which plate Drypoint 1878
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Gaston de La Touche L'Assommoir (suite de 15 planches et titre illustre)Note: 7/20/94: VERIFY TITLE FOR EACH PRINT and which plate Drypoint 1878
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Gaston de La Touche L'Assommoir (suite de 15 planches et titre illustre)Note: 7/20/94: VERIFY TITLE FOR EACH PRINT and which plate Drypoint 1878
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Gaston de La Touche L'Assommoir (suite de 15 planches et titre illustre)Note: 7/20/94: VERIFY TITLE FOR EACH PRINT and which plate Drypoint 1878
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Gaston de La Touche L'Assommoir (suite de 15 planches et titre illustre)Note: 7/20/94: VERIFY TITLE FOR EACH PRINT and which plate Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Gaston de La Touche L'Assommoir (suite de 15 planches et titre illustre)Note: 7/20/94: VERIFY TITLE FOR EACH PRINT and which plate Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Gaston de La Touche L'Assommoir (suite de 15 planches et titre illustre)Note: 7/20/94: VERIFY TITLE FOR EACH PRINT and which plate Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Gaston de La Touche L'Assommoir (suite de 15 planches et titre illustre)Note: 7/20/94: VERIFY TITLE FOR EACH PRINT and which plate Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Gaston de La Touche L'assommoir (suite de 15 planches et titre illustre)Note: 7/20/94: VERIFY TITLE FOR EACH PRINT and which plate Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Gaston de La Touche [Couple embracing] - from the Portfolio Les Cartons D'Estampes GravÈes Sur Bois, Ouvrage Corporative (Portfolio of wood engravings after works of various artists) wood engraving 1919
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Gaston Roullet, French, 1847-1925 Harbor at sunset 1874 Watercolor Sheet: 15 x 21.3 cm (5
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Probably by Alexander Roode, free 1676 Toy Two-Handled Cup drinking vessel London, England England, (London),
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Jacques Villon Jacques oil on canvas 1924
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Jacques Villon Baudelaire Etching 1921
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Jacques Villon La Faute Aquatint 1904
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Jacques Villon Daguerrotype #1 Etching 1927
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Jacques Villon Sur les rochers (On the Rocks) Etching 1927
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Jan-Frans van Dael Flowers Before a Window oil on canvas 1789
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Jacques Villon Le Peintre (The Painter) Etching 1931
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David Regan Repair Manual Wood 1999
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Jacques Villon La Lutte (The Contest) Etching with drypoint 1939
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Jacques Villon Le Philosophe (The Philosopher) Etching 1930
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Jacques Villon Nu se coiffant (Nude doing her Hair) Drypoint 1933
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Jacques Villon Homme Lisant (Reading Man) Etching 1929
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Jacques Villon Portrait Etching 19th - 20th century
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Jacques Villon Duo Galant Color lithograph 1905
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Jacques Villon Nature Morte Color aquatint 1923
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Jacques Villon Girl in a hat and veil Color aquatint 1925
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Jacques Villon Le Village de Mougins (The Village of Mougins) Drypoint 1934
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Jacques Villon Mariee (The Bride) Color aquatint 1930
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Jacques Villon L'Effort (The Effort) Etching with drypoint 1939
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Jacques Villon Daguerrotype #2 Etching 19th - 20th century
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Jacques Villon Devant un Guignol Drypoint in two tones 1909
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Jacques Villon Composition (Abstraction) Color aquatint and roulette 1927
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Jacques Villon Bal du Moulin Rouge Etching in olive green 1910
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Jacques Villon Les Lampes (The Lamps) Etching and aquatint printed in colors 1951
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Jacques Villon Kneeling nude girl, leaning over a tableside Drypoint 1908
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David Regan Necklace Wood 20th century
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Jacques Villon Composition (L'Envole) color lithograph 19th - 20th century
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Jacques Villon Les trois ordres (The three orders: The Castle, the Church, the Country) Etching 1939
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Jacques Villon Les Yeux Futiles (The Futile Eyes) Etching and color aquatint 1956
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David Regan Trumpet Wood 19th–20th century
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David Regan Canoe mask Wood 19th century
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Jacques Villon After Jacques Villon Lithograph printed in colors (exhibition poster, 1957) 1957
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Jacques Villon Le Potin (The Gossip) Aquatint and drypoint in olive green 1905
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Jacques Villon Les Vingt Ans Fiers (The Wild Twenty Years) Etching and drypoint 1930 - 1931
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Jacques Villon Two Women on a Terrace by the Sea Color aquatint, etching and roulette 1922
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David Regan Mask Wood 19th–early 20th century
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Judy Kensley McKie Headrest Wood 19th–early 20th century
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Jacques Villon Coursier (Courser: a spirited horse) Lithograph printed in colors 19th - 20th century
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Jacques Villon Autre temps: 1830 (Times Past: 1830) Color aquatint and drypoint 1904
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Pierre Louis Pierson Napoleon III albumen print, carte-de-visire circa 1869
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Jacques Villon Plate X from: Hesiode, Les Travaux et les Jours (Hesiodos, The Works and Days) Sugar lift aquatint 19th - 20th century
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Multiple Artists Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors & Architects (London: Philip Lee Warner, publisher to the Medici Society, 1912-1915), vol. 10 (1915) book with reproductions (some color) 1915
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Multiple Artists Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors & Architects (London: Philip Lee Warner, publisher to the Medici Society, 1912-1914), vol. 7 (1914) book with reproductions (some color) 1914
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Multiple Artists Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors & Architects (London: Philip Lee Warner, publisher to the Medici Society, 1912-1915), vol. 9 (1915) book with reproductions (some color) 1915
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Multiple Artists Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors & Architects (London: Philip Lee Warner, publisher to the Medici Society, 1912-1914), vol. 4 (1913) book with reproductions (some color) 1913
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Multiple Artists Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors & Architects (London: Philip Lee Warner, publisher to the Medici Society, 1912-1914), vol. 5 (1913) book with reproductions (some color) 1913
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Multiple Artists Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors & Architects (London: Philip Lee Warner, publisher to the Medici Society, 1912-1915), vol. 8 (1914) book with reproductions (some color) 1914
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Jacques Villon D'ou l'on tourne l'epaule a la vie (from where one turns the shoulder to life: an allegory inspired by "Fenetres" a poem by Stephane Mallarme) Etching 1939
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Nicolas Africano Pendant figure, Mimia Wood, lime 19th–early 20th century
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Horse Tombfigure Chinese Tang dynasty, early 8th century A. D. China Molded earthenware with three-color
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Alexander Robertson James, American, 1890-1946 Portrait of a Professor (Philip Cabot) 1934 Oil on panel
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Headrest Korean Koryo, 12th century Korea Glazed stoneware with molded decoration of lions 11.2 x
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Designed by Lino Sabattini, Italian, Born in 1925 Manufactured by Orfèvrerie Christofle Como Tea and
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Designed by Lino Sabattini, Italian, Born in 1925 Manufactured by Orfèvrerie Christofle Como Tea and
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Designed by Lino Sabattini, Italian, Born in 1925 Manufactured by Orfèvrerie Christofle Como Tea and
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Designed by Lino Sabattini, Italian, Born in 1925 Manufactured by Orfèvrerie Christofle Como Tea and
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Designed by Lino Sabattini, Italian, Born in 1925 Manufactured by Orfèvrerie Christofle Como Tea and
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Armchair of Queen Hetepheres I (Reproduction) Egyptian Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Sneferu to

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (4)
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Joan Miro Foundation: Woman. Metamorphosis of Modernity
The list of artists comprises Tarsila do Amaral, Gertrude Arndt, Jean Arp/Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Georges Braque, Louise Bourgeois, Marianne Breslauer, Claude Cahun, Imogen Cunningham, Marcel Duchamp, Valie Export, Emmanuel Goundouin, Lotte Jacobi, Yv...
Milwaukee Art Museum: Nothing But Nudes: Selections from the Permanent Collection
he exhibition Nothing But Nudes: Selections from the Permanent Collection reveals not only the many roles of the nude in art but also the depth of the museum's holdings. Including works from all media painting and sculpture, w...
Gerald Peters Gallery: Cast and Carved: American Sculpture 1850-1950
Over 60 artists will be featured in the exhibition including Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Frederic Remington, Paul Manship and Isamu Noguchi. Works on view range in size from tabletop to monumental, and are composed of a variety of materials, includin...
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard: Passionate and Obstinate: The Lois Orswell Collection
Passionate and Obstinate (the phrase is Orswell’s self-description) will feature works from the Lois Orswell Collection as a cohesive group for the first time. Orswell was a distinctive collector whose methods were unlike those of her contemporari...

Further Artwork and Information:

Gaston Lachaise Online
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Works of Art: Modern Art
Gaston Lachaise, Catalogue Essay
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Gaston Lachaise -- Encyclopædia Britannica
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Gaston Lachaise Art Images
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GASTON LACHAISE: SCULPTURE & DRAWINGS Exhibition

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