Artists Biography
Gustave Cariot
French 1872-1950
French 1872 – 1950
Inspired by Monet's famous studies of haystacks and the Rouen cathedral, Gustave Cariot was fascinated by the fluctuations of light and colour brought about by the changing seasons. He devoted two series of paintings to exploring this theme. Entitled Le Poème des Saisons, with each picture representing a different month, these paintings were exhibited together at the 1903 Salon des Indépendants. It was there, as the artists correspondence reveals, that these pictures would catch the eye of two of the most important collectors of the time, Sergei Dmitrievich Cheremeteff and Armand Cabrol, leading to a surge in his popularity.
A painter of the Pointillist movement, Gustave Camille Gaston Cariot was born in Paris on 28 June 1872 and died in the same city on 08 March 1950.
He painted landscapes of Brittany and the Rhineland as well as many rural scenes. Also, drawn to the light and colour changes during the seasons, a series of Parisian urban views, such as The Rooftops of Paris at Sunset, 1899.
Cariot was a member of the Société des Artistes Indépendants. He exhibited at the Salon de la Société des Beaux-Arts, the Salon d’Automne and the Salon d’Hiver.