Gustave Camille Gaston Cariot born in 1872 at the Marais section of Paris. He was a as a prominent French painter of the 19th and early 20th century,  pointillist/impressionist artist. Cariot is nevertheless best known for his Pointillist paintings.

Cariot joined with the Societe des Artistes Independents and began exhibiting in major Parisian exhibitions.  In addition to showing with the Salon Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Cariot participated in the Salon d'Automne and the Salon d'Hiver.