Léo Gausson (1860-1944) was a French landscape painter in the Neo-impressionist and Synthetic styles.
He was also a printmaker and sculptor.
He was born in Lagny-sur-Marne.
He began his art education by taking evening classes, mostly devoted to sculpture, at the "National School of Decorative Arts".
When he first turned to painting, he found his inspiration in the Barbizon School, to which he was introduced by a local artist, originally from Spain, named Antonio Cortès (1827-1908), who had studied with Constant Troyon.
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