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Auguste Forestier

1887 - 1958

Auguste Forestier began a playful artistic practice after being sectioned at the Saint-Alban Hospital for apparently derailing a passenger train. There, his modest drawings developed into ambitious three dimensional constructs. Using discarded materials, he carved furniture and toys for friends and visitors. Word spread and the soldiers and medallions, mythic bestiary and mighty naval vessels were subsequently snapped up by Pablo Picasso and the Surrealists.

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Auguste Forestier

1887-1958 (France)

Auguste Forestier began his playful practice after being sectioned at the Saint-Alban Hospital for accidentally derailing a passenger train. There, his modest drawings developed into ambitious three dimensional constructs. Using discarded materials, he carved furniture and toys for friends and visitors. Word spread; and soon his soldiers, medallions, mythic bestiary and mighty naval vessels were sought after by the Parisian art elite, including one Pablo Picasso.