Gustave Stoskopf

Gustave Stoskopf
Gustave Stoskopf circa 1912
Born	8 July 1869 Brumath, Bas-Rhin, France
Died	6 December 1944 Brumath, Bas-Rhin, France
Alma mater	Académie Julian École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
Occupation	Painter, playwright, poet
Children	Charles-Gustave Stoskopf

Gustave Stoskopf (8 July 1869 - 6 December 1944) was a French painter, playwright, poet, draughtsman and publisher from Alsace. He graduated from the Académie Julian and the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He served as the director of the Théâtre alsacien de Strasbourg. He authored plays in the Alsatian dialect. He was made Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1931.

Stoskopf is the father of the prolific French architect Charles-Gustave Stoskopf.

Painting The Reader (oil on panel, 1927). On display in the Musée historique de Haguenau

Painting Le Messager boiteux (oil on panel, 1935) ["Le Messager boiteux" is the title of the almanac pinned to the wall] On display in the Musée historique de Haguenau

Painting Farmer at the window

Performance of Stoskopf's play D'r Herr Maire ["Mister Mayor"] in 1908

Poster for a 1907 performance of a Stoskopf play