Artist: Emile Gos (Swiss, 1888 – 1969)
Title: Aiguille du Grépon
Medium: Antique Photogravure
Dimensions: Image size 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 18 x 21 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
The Aiguille du Grépon (literally the Needle of Grépon), informally known as The Grepon, is a mountain in the Mont Blanc Massif in Haute-Savoie, France. The Grepon has a Southern (3,482 m) and Northern (3,478 m) peak, which are the highest points of a sharp granite ridge to the east of the Glacier des Nantillons above Chamonix and northeast of the Aiguille du Midi. A madonna statue is situated on the Southern peak.
Emile Gos (1888-1969) studied with Rodolphe Schlemmer in Montreux. He then worked in German-speaking Switzerland, in Paris, Munich and London, before opening his first studio in Lausanne in 1914. In 1929, he moved to rue du Petit-Chêne, where he developed his business until 1965. Emile Gos specializes in landscape photography, especially mountain photography, which he is passionate about. Portrait, theater and dance are also his favorite subjects.