Gustave POETZSCH (Swiss, 1870-1950) was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland and went to Paris to perfect his artistic apprenticeship and entered the studio of Gustave Moreau (1826-1898), the same one frequented by Matisse and the future Fauves. He was the husband of Marie-Louise Aulagne, renowned milliner of the Faubourg Saint-Honore.

