Eugène Faure
Eugène Faure (born July 14, 1822 in Seyssinet-Pariset , † December 24, 1878 in Bourg-Saint-Andéol ) was a French genre and nude painter.
First he studied sculpture in Paris with François Rude and David d'Angers . But he decided to paint and studied it in Charles Gleyre's studio .
After graduation, he settled in Grenoble as a freelance artist, painting portraits, genre scenes, allegories and nudes. He was with the painters from the École dauphinoise , u. a. Jean Achard and Théodore Ravanat are friends.
Today his paintings are mainly kept in the Musée de Grenoble. A street in Grenoble bears his name.
literature
- Jules Monjour: Faure, Eugène . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 11 : Erman-Fiorenzo . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1915, p. 301 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Faure, Eugène . In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A – K). I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. P. 482 (digitized version)
Web links
Commons : Eugène Faure - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Eugène Faure. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Faure, Eugène |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French genre and nude painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seyssinet-Pariset |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 24, 1878 |
| Place of death | Bourg-Saint-Andéol |