About Henry Gastineau
Lived 1791 – 1876 (aged 84–85). Henry Gastineau was a British painter and printmaker.
Henry Gastineau (1791–1876) was an English engraver and prolific painter in water-colours. He was born in London to a family of Huguenot descent. One of his daughters, Maria Gastineau, painted in a similar style.
Life He was a student at the Royal Academy, and began as an engraver, but switched to painting in oils. He eventually settled down exclusively to working in water-colour.
Gastineau joined the Society of Painters in Water-colours in 1818, when he exhibited for the first time. In 1821 he was elected an associate, and in 1823 a full member. He exhibited for 58 years without a break, showing eleven pictures when eighty-five years of age.
Like Cox, Cattermole and Prout, he was buried at West Norwood Cemetery.
Gastineau's unsold works were auctioned at Christie's on 19 May 1876.
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Who was Henry Gastineau?
British artist (1791-1876)
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Henry Gastineau was born in 1791 in London.
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Henry Gastineau died on 17 January 1876 in Camberwell.
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Henry Gastineau was a painter and printmaker.
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