Eugène Cicéri-Au bord du Loing-Musée barrois

Étienne Eugène Cicéri (27 January 1813 – 20 April 1890) was a French painter, illustrator, engraver and theatrical designer.

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He came from an artistic family. His father was the

scenographer A scenographer or production designer, develops the appearance of a stage design, a TV or movie set, a gaming environment, a trade fair exhibition design or a museum experience exhibition design. The term originated in theater. A scenographer work ...

Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri (Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, 17 August 1782 – Saint-Chéron, Essonne, 22 August 1868) was a leading French set designer of his era.Jean-Baptiste Isabey Jean-Baptiste Isabey (11 April 1767 – 18 April 1855) was a French Painting, painter born at Nancy, France, Nancy. He was a successful artist, both under the First French Empire, First Empire and to the diplomats of the Congress of Vienna. L ...

, and his mother's brother was the painter

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. He received his first lessons from his father and his uncle and became influenced by the

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while still young. He decided to specialize in landscapes and was one of the first artists to work in Bourron-Marlotte, where he settled in 1849.Apophtegme.com
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came in 1851. The following year, his painting of the banks of the

Loing The Loing () is a long river in central France, a left tributary of the Seine. Its source is in Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing, in the southwestern of the department of Yonne, and it flows into the Seine in Saint-Mammès, near Moret-sur-Loing. Its ma ...

was awarded a second-class medal. He was also a

watercolorist Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin ''aqua'' "water"), is a painting method”Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to t ...

and published albums of

lithographs Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German a ...

based on photographs; breaking with his Romantic predecessors to present scenes realistically. One of his most popular albums was derived from trips he made to the

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and the

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: ''Les Pyrénées dessinées d'après nature et lithographiées'' and ''La Suisse et la Savoie'', based on photographs by taken from 1859 to 1865. Later, he was one of the artists who participated in illustrating the travel writings of Baron Taylor and

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, collected as ''Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France'', featuring views of

Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...

. A few of his works were done in

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, gaining him a reputation as an Orientalist. Like his father, he also did theatrical set designs and some decorative work; notably at the Château de Montmort.

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