Armand Coussens
French, 1881-1935
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Armand Coussens was a French artist known for paintings, engravings and prints. He trained at the School of Fine Arts in Nîmes before spending seven years in Paris, 1900-1907, studying art around Montmartre. While in Paris, he painted post-Impressionist images and contributed illustrations to avant-garde periodicals like Le Rire, Le Cri de Paris, L'Assiette au beurre, and Cocorico. Upon returning to Nîmes in 1908, Coussens took up a teaching position at his alma mater and remained there for the rest of his life. A street named after him is a testament to his legacy in Nîmes.
Coussens died in his home in February 1935, apparently from inhaling noxious fumes emitted by the nitric acid he used on his engraving plates. His wife, Jeanne, herself a painter, bequeathed several of his paintings to the Nîmes museum.
