Numa Coste
Numa Coste was a French painter and journalist.Early life
Numa Coste was born on August 31, 1843 in Aix-en-Provence, in south-eastern France.Career
Coste started his career as a notary's clerk. He later served as a sergeant in the civil service.
After he received his inheritance, he became a painter of still lifes. In 1880, he co-founded L'Art Libre, an artistic publication, with Émile Zola, Étienne Dujardin-Beaumetz, Paul Alexis et Marius Roux. He stopped painting in 1885, and became the editor of Le Sémaphore, the oldest newspaper in Marseille, under the pseudonym of Pierre Tournel. He also wrote articles for Le Mémorial d'Aix.Death
He died on June 10, 1907 in Aix-en-Provence.
