Germaine de Coster
Germaine de Coster (1895–1992) was a French printmaker. Her work is included in the collections of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the National Gallery of Art, Washington and the Centre Pompidou, Paris.
Germaine de Coster
- Born
- 1895 · Paris.
- Died
- 1992 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- illustrator · printmaker · draftsperson · bookbinder · designer
- Languages
- French
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Germaine de Coster was born in 1895 at Paris.
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Germaine de Coster lived from 1 September 1895 to 12 November 1992 and was a designer and “Buchbinderin”. Germaine de Coster was born on 1 September 1895; the birthplace is Paris, according to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The Bibliothèque nationale de France records the 10th arrondissement. Germaine de Coster died on 12 November 1992 in Paris, 4th arrondissement. Paris is recorded as a place of activity by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
The recorded working language is French. Work by Germaine de Coster is recorded in the collections of Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and Print Collection.
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1895
Germaine de Coster born at Paris.
1992
Germaine de Coster died at Paris.
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Prints
4,138 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Gerbrand van den EeckhoutEngraver
- Gerhard AltenbourgEngraver
- Germain AudranEngraver
- Germaine ArnaktauyokEngraver
- Gerrits LambrechtsEngraver
- Gertrude GreeneEngraver
- Gertrude QuastlerEngraver
- Getulio AlvianiEngraver
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