GASTON CASIMIR SAINT-PIERRE | PORTRAIT OF MONSIEUR E.G***

Private Collection, France 

Like Paul Mathey (see lot 454), Gaston Casimir Saint-Pierre was a student of Léon Coignet at the École des Beaux Arts, with the present, well-studied portrait a credit to the artist’s Academic technique. In addition to society portraits and mythological subjects, Casimir Saint-Pierre exhibited Orientalist paintings informed by his multiple trips to North Africa. Though a frequent contributor to the Salon, which earned him international patrons, Casimir Saint-Pierre lived a quiet life, less interested in self-promotion and society than a close circle of friends and work in his studio.