Artist
Gaston & Mathieu
Gaston & Mathieu is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
These brothers ran a London portrait studio where actors slid into glamorous roles—fake mustaches, pirate hats, a French countess who never left the gallery’s back wall. Their trick was simple: a plain backdrop, one prop, and a customer who looked twice as dramatic on film. You’ll spot their trick in the Guy Little collection: a Victorian beauty posed as a tragic heroine, all feathers and sad eyes. Try matching the props to the original playbill; half the fun is guessing who’s playing who.
Works by Gaston & Mathieu
Collections represented
Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.