Gaston Marquet
1848–1923 (age 75)
Biography
Gaston Marquet was a distinguished French artist specializing in pyrography, the art of decorative burning on wood and other materials. Active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he contributed to the decorative arts movement that flourished in Paris during this period.
Marquet's work exemplified the technical precision and artistic vision required of pyrography practitioners of his era. He was interred at Montmartre Cemetery, a final resting place befitting his status within Parisian artistic circles.