Numa Coste
{{short description|French painter and journalist}}
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Numa Coste (31 August 1843 – 10 June 1907) was a French painter and journalist.
Early life
Numa Coste was born on 31 August 1843 in Aix-en-Provence, in south-eastern France.[http://www.inha.fr/fr/ressources/publications/dictionnaire-critique-des-historiens-de-l-art/coste-numa.html COSTE, Numa (31 août 1843, Aix-en-Provence – 10 juin 1907, Aix-en-Provence)], Institut National de l'Histoire de l'Art, January 5, 2009[http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00043099 COSTE, Numa (1843 - 1907), Painter], Benezit Dictionary of Artists, November 2011
Career
Coste started his career as a notary's clerk. He later served as a sergeant in the civil service.
After he received his inheritance, he became a painter of still lifes. In 1880, he co-founded L'Art Libre, an artistic publication, with Émile Zola, Étienne Dujardin-Beaumetz, Paul Alexis et Marius Roux. He stopped painting in 1885, and became the editor of Le Sémaphore, the oldest newspaper in Marseille, under the pseudonym of Pierre Tournel. He also wrote articles for Le Mémorial d'Aix.
Death
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Category:Artists from Aix-en-Provence
Category:Painters from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Category:19th-century French painters
Category:19th-century French male artists
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