Louis G. Le Gould

Also known as Louis G. Le Gould, F. G. Le Gould
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There is only one known work of Le Gould's, called a 'Decorative Panel'. Despite this minimal information, we may bear Le Gould and other decorative or ornamental artists of the time in mind when thinking of the very influential Arts and Crafts Movement that filtered into Australia's creative sphere towards the end of the nineteenth century.

artist, is listed as such in both Melbourne directories for 1857, his address being given as 86 Collins Street East. A Decorative Panel catalogued in the 1856 Victorian Exhibition of Art as a colonial work by 'F.’ G. Le Gould was presumably his and suggests he was a mural or 'ornamental’ artist rather than an easel painter.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011