Pierre-Gustave Staal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Pierre-Gustave Staal

French engraver

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1817

Place of Birth: Vertus, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 19-Oct-1882

Profession: engraver, drawer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Pierre-Gustave Staal

  • Pierre-Gustave-Eugène Staal (2 September 1817 in Vertus – 19 October 1882 in Ivry), was a French artist , Lithographer , Illustrator and draughtsman.He entered the workshop of painter Paul Delaroche at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1838, and then learned engraving with Adolphe Varin in 1845.
  • He provided the artwork for several engraved works (Les Femmes de M.
  • de Balzac, types, caractères et portraits 1851; Chants et chansons by Pierre Dupont, 1851–59); for illustrated periodicals (MusĂ©e des familles, Magasin pittoresque); for novels (La ComĂ©die humaine, by HonorĂ© de Balzac, 1842-1846; Ĺ’uvres illustrĂ©es de Balzac, 1851-1853; Les Mystères de Paris, by Eugène Sue, 1843-1844; Corinne ou l'Italie, by Mme de StaĂ«l, 1853); and for books for children (Contes du docteur Sam, by Henry Berthoud, 1862; Le Magasin des enfants, by Mme Leprince de Beaumont, 1865; Les Contes de tous les pays, by Emile Chasles, 1867).
  • He also did drawings for Muses et FĂ©es, histoire des femmes mythologiques, by Joseph MĂ©ry and Count Foelix (1851) and for the volume of the Chants et chansons populaires de France (Garnier brothers editors, 1848). Staal drew several portraits of women intended for engraving (Les Femmes de la Bible, collection de portraits des femmes remarquables de l'Ancien et du Nouveau Testament, by Monsignor Georges Darboy, 1846; Galerie des femmes cĂ©lèbres, tirĂ©e des Causeries du lundi par Sainte-Beuve, 1859; Les Etoiles du monde.
  • Galerie historique des femmes les plus cĂ©lèbres de tous les temps et de tous les pays, ouvrage collectif, 1858).
  • He also carried out some lithographs (Souvenir de première communion; Album de La Chronique illustrĂ©e, guerre et Commune).
  • He also did some paintings (Visitation, 1864; Lucifer, 1868 ; La Famille malheureuse).

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