Gustave Arosa

Gustave Arosa (1818–1883) was a French art collector and patron.

Art patron Arosa was a collector of realist and impressionist paintings, an art photographer, and tutor of Paul Gauguin from about 1871. His art collection included works by Camille Corot, Eugène Delacroix, and Jean-François Millet.

He introduced Gauguin into Parisian cultural circles and got him a job as a stockbroker in Paris. He also met and introduced Gauguin to Schuffenecker, and the Danish woman Mette-Sophie Gad whom Gauguin married in 1873. In 1874 he also introduced Gauguin to Camille Pissarro.

Photography Arosa partnered with Tessié du Motay and Maréchal, the inventors of a new collotype process, to create the Société de Phototypie Arosa et Cie. He also collaborated with Nadar.

Personal life His youngest daughter was the painter Marguerite Arosa.