Found some new documents about Cariot:
Doc3 shows the official register of the prizewinners of the "Paris International Exposition of 1937" , published in the "Journal Officiel de la République Francaise" from the 22th july 1938, his parisien address is stated as "34, rue des Saint-Pères, Paris" ; G. Cariot had won a silver medal for one of his works.
Doc1+2 let us know:
1. Cariot was "resident of Georgenborn/Wiesbaden" in the years 1946-1949.
2. He changed to France (Paris) several times a year for to participate in different important expositions.
3. He was not only a member (Doc2) of the "Salon des Indépendantes", but a member of its Committee (at least in 1949).
You can see the original documents by using the following link:
http://picasaweb.google.com/gaertner.antik/GustaveCariotDokumente
or, together with the pictures:
http://picasaweb.google.com/gaertner.antik
Gustave Cariot was a french pointillist/impressionist, born in 1872 at Périgny-sur-Yerres near Mandres/Paris. He died in 1950 at Paris. This blog is a call for informations about Gustave Cariot's life and work (but no tales like "his father was a luggage-maker in the Marais..."). The posts may be sent as comments in english, french or german. Photos of his works should be posted together with some detailed informations like: title, size, date of painting and so on. Documents are welcome.
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