Émile Aubry (18 April 1880,

Sétif Sétif ( ar, سطيف, ber, Sṭif) is the capital of the Sétif Province in Algeria. It is one of the most important cities of eastern Algeria and the country as a whole, since it is considered the trade capital of the country. It is an inner ci ...

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/ref> – 9 January 1964, Voutenay-sur-Cure) was a French painter. He remained particularly attached to Algeria the country of his birth.

Early life

His father, Charles-Albert Aubry, came from

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and was sent to Setif as Lieutenant in the

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. However he decided to settle there, where he became a local

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. Hie mother was born to French parents who had settled there thirty years previously. Émile grew up there with his brother Georges, before attending boarding school in

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. In 1935 he was elected to the

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References

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