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Gustav Adolfo Mossa, a French painter born in Nice in to an Italian mother and an artist father, spent his late teens and most of his.
Gustav-Adolf Mossa (28 January – 25 May ) was a French illustrator, playwright, essayist, curator and late Symbolist painter..
Gustav-Adolf Mossa
French painter
Gustav-Adolf Mossa | |
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Mossa in 1908 | |
| Born | (1883-01-28)28 January 1883 Nice, France |
| Died | 25 May 1971(1971-05-25) (aged 88) |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Museum Curator, Illustrator, Writer, Painter |
Gustav-Adolf Mossa (28 January 1883 – 25 May 1971) was a French illustrator, playwright, essayist, curator and late Symbolist painter.
Early life
Mossa was born 28 January 1883 in Nice, to an Italian mother, Marguerite Alfieri, and Alexis Mossa [fr], an artist, founding curator of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nice (Nice Museum of Fine Arts) and organiser of the Nice Carnival from 1873.[1]
Art and theatre work
Mossa received his initial artistic training from his father[2] before studying at the School of Decorative Arts in Nice until 1900, where he became acquainted with Art Nouveau and was later introduced to the Symbolist movement after visiting the Exposition Universelle