What is Auguste Chabaud?
[[File:Musée Auguste Chabaud à Graveson.jpg|thumb|Musée Auguste Chabaud at Graveson (2011)]] '''Auguste Chabaud''' (born 3 October 1882 in [[Nîmes]], [[Gard]], died 23 May 1955 in [[Graveson]], [[Bouches-du-Rhône]]) was a [[France|French]] [[artist]] and [[sculpture|sculptor]]. Chabaud was born in Nîmes. He started to study arts in [[Avignon]], when he was 14 years old. In 1899, he went to [[Paris]] and continued studying arts. In the beginning, his paintings were [[Fauvism|fauvistic]]. In 1919, he moved to the Graveson village and stayed there for the rest of his life. Since 1920, he only used [[Prussian blue]] color for his paintings. In 1955, he died in the Graveson village. The ''Musée Auguste Chabaud'' was opened in this village in 1992. == Other websites == * [http://www.museechabaud.com/ The Musée Chabaud Website] {{DEFAULTSORT:Chabaud, Auguste}} [[Category:1882 births]] [[Category:1955 deaths]] [[Category:French painters]] [[Category:People from Nîmes]] {{bio-stub}}