Swiss School
"Pause by the lake"
Oil on canvas
Canvas dimensions: 58 x 92 cm
Frame dimensions: 81 x 116 cm
Léon Gaud (born September 23, 1844 in Versoix and died November 18, 1908 in Eaux-Vives, now Geneva) was a Swiss painter from Chêne-Bourg, in the canton of Geneva.
Léon Gaud was the son of Antoine Marie Gaud, a teacher, and Marie Rous, née Lacroix. In 1873, he married Louise Pacot d'Yenne, daughter of Jean-Louis Pacot d'Yenne, a French officer.
He was a student in Geneva of the landscape painter Barthélemy Menn, under whose direction he participated in the decoration of the Knights' Hall of the Château de Gruyères, where he met Camille Corot.
From 1862, he regularly participated in the municipal exhibitions of Geneva.