# GAUSSON, Léo [View the canonical artist record]() ## Artist - Lifespan: 1860–1944 - Profession: painter - School: French ## Biography French painter. His interest in art was awakened at an early age in the studio of the graphic artist Eugène Froment, a friend of the family. He began as a wood sculptor, then studied graphics, finally turning to painting. At the Atelier Froment he met Maximilien Luce and Cavallo-Peduzzi. As an innovative artist, he enthusiastically partook in two artistic movements, which emerged nearly at the same time, Neo-Impressionism and Synthetism based on very different aesthetic concepts. He was influenced by Camille Pissarro , Paul Signac , Luce, van Gogh , Gauguin , and Émile Bernard. Gausson exhibited at the Salon for the first time in 1886, and he exhibited at the Salon des Indépendant in 1887-1900. Between 1900 and 1910 he lived in Africa. Gausson published his poems under the pseudonym Montesiste. ## Related artworks - [Undergrowth]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()