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Albert Coste
1895–1985
A French painter from Marseille, he moved from post-Cézanne influences toward abstraction and spent decades shaping the artistic life of Provence. Music mattered deeply to him too, and that sense of rhythm seems to echo through his color and composition.
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Les Phénomènes Psychiques Occultes: État Actuel de la Question
by Albert Coste
About the author
Born in Marseille on November 8, 1895, Albert Coste studied both at the Marseille School of Fine Arts and at the conservatory while he was still young. Sources about his life note that music remained important to him, but after a serious accident in 1916 left him unable to continue as a cellist, he turned fully toward painting.
Coste became part of the artistic world of southern France and later taught at the Beaux-Arts in Aix-en-Provence for many years, beginning in 1935. Accounts of his work describe an evolution from post-Cézanne and figurative painting toward abstraction, especially after his 1941 meeting with Albert Gleizes.
He died in Marseille on August 22, 1985. Today he is remembered as a 20th-century French painter whose work joined strong structure, color, and a lifelong connection to music.