Gustave Stoskopf
Gustave Stoskopf (8 July 1869 – 6 December 1944) was a French painter, playwright, poet, draughtsman and publisher from Alsace. He graduated from the Académie Julian and the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He served as the director of the Théâtre alsacien de Strasbourg.
Also recorded as Gustave Jacques Stoskopf · Gustav Stoßkopf
Gustave Stoskopf
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- Name
- Gustave Stoskopf
- Born
- 8 July 1869
- Birthplace
- Brumath, Bas-Rhin, France
- Died
- 6 December 1944
- Education
- Académie Julian École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
- Occupation
- Painter, playwright, poet
- Nationality
- France
- Known for
- Reading
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- Germanic languages · Alsatian
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Gustave Stoskopf (8 July 1869 – 6 December 1944) was a French painter, playwright, poet, draughtsman and publisher from Alsace. He graduated from the Académie Julian and the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He served as the director of the Théâtre alsacien de Strasbourg.
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Gustave Stoskopf (1869–1944) was a French painter, playwright and poet. The painter was born and died in Brumath.
Gustave Stoskopf studied at Académie Julian and Beaux-Arts de Paris. The painter held the positions of chairperson and director.
Works include Reading. Languages used include Alsatian and Germanic languages. Works by Gustave Stoskopf are held at Augustiner Museum, Musée d'Orsay and Musée des beaux-arts de Mulhouse, among others. The painter received Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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Biography
Biography
He authored plays in the Alsatian dialect. He was made Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1931. The Musée Gustave-Stoskopf in Brumath in the Bas-Rhin department of France is dedicated to Stoskopf's work. Stoskopf was the father of the prolific French architect Charles-Gustave Stoskopf.
Gustave Stoskopf studied at Académie Julian and Beaux-Arts de Paris. The recorded working language is Germanic languages and Alsatian. Positions recorded include chairperson and director. Works named in the authority record are Reading. Work by Gustave Stoskopf is recorded in the collections of Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Musée d'Orsay, Unterlinden Museum, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe and Musée des beaux-arts de Mulhouse. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Gustave Stoskopf vers 1912, Mi-corps, 3/4 à dr. 1912. Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire de Strasbourg
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Key facts
• Name — Gustave Stoskopf • Born — 8 July 1869 • Birthplace — Brumath, Bas-Rhin, France • Died — 6 December 1944 • Place of death — Brumath, Bas-Rhin, France • Education — Académie Julian École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts • Occupation — Painter, playwright, poet • Children — Charles-Gustave Stoskopf
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — The Reader (oil on panel, 1927), Musée historique de Haguenau • Illustration — Le Messager boiteux (oil on panel, 1935) Le Messager boiteuxis the title of the almanac pinned to the wall], Musée historique de Haguenau • Illustration — Farmer at the window • Illustration — Performance of Stoskopf's play D'r Herr Maire Mister Mayor in 1908 • Illustration — Poster for a 1907 performance of a Stoskopf play
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Gustave Jacques Stoskopf and Gustav Stoßkopf. His recorded languages were Germanic languages and Alsatian. One child is recorded: Charles-Gustave Stoskopf.
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Gustave Stoskopf is recorded as having received Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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1869
Gustave Stoskopf was born in 1869 at Brumath.
1944
Gustave Stoskopf died in 1944 at Brumath.
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Gustave Stoskopf received Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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- 1.Stoskopf, Nicolas. Gustave STOSKOPF (1869-1944). cerclesaintleonard.com.
- 2.Gustave Stoskopf (1869-1944). Bibliothèque nationale de France.
- 3.Jossua, Jean-Pierre. Bulletin de théologie littéraire. Revue des sciences philosophiques et théologiques. 2. 94. 351–387. 2010. 10.3917/rspt.942.0351.
- 4.Stoskopf, Gustave. Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne. Fédération des sociétés d'histoire et d'archéologie d'Alsace. 3790–3793. 2000.
- 5.Hamman, Philippe. Une entreprise de mobilisation patriotique : la production de la faïencerie de Sarreguemines (1871-1918). Genèses. 2. 47. 140–161. 2002. 10.3917/gen.047.0140.
- 6.Schulze, Marco (2007). Museums of the World (vol 1). München: K.G. Saur. p. 206. .
- 7.Bolle, Gauthier. Un acteur de la scène professionnelle des Trente Glorieuses, de la Reconstruction aux grands ensembles : l'architecte alsacien Charles-Gustave Stoskopf (1907-2004). Revue d'Alsace. 141. 409–420. 2015. 10.4000/alsace.2384.
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