Fernand Joseph Jules Stiévenart (21 May 1862 in

Douai Douai (, , ,; pcd, Doï; nl, Dowaai; formerly spelled Douay or Doway in English) is a city in the Nord département in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Located on the river Scarpe some from Lille and from Arras, D ...

– 22 January 1922 in

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) was a French landscape painter; associated with the artists' colony at

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Biography

After completing his primary education in Douai, he began his artistic studies with a local painter, François-Constant Petit (1819-?). From 1878 to 1880, he studied at the

École des Beaux-arts École des Beaux-Arts (; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth century ...

with

Gustave Boulanger Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger (25 April 1824 – 22 September 1888) was a French figurative painter and academic artist and teacher known for his Classical and Orientalist subjects. Education and career The Néo-Grecs and the Prix de Rom ...

and others; winning several awards.Biographical notes
@ the Stiévenart website. In 1888, he exhibited several landscapes at the "Salon des Artistes Français", but it was not until 1893 that he joined the

Société des Artistes Français The Société des Artistes Français (, meaning "Society of French Artists") is the association of French painters and sculptors established in 1881. Its annual exhibition is called the "Salon des artistes français" (not to be confused with the ...

. Shortly after, a terrible shipwreck occurred near Wissant, so he joined with his fellow painters,

Adrien Demont Adrien Louis Demont (25 October 1851, Douai - 25 October 1928, Wissant) was a French landscape painter; associated with the artists' colony at Wissant. Biography At first, he studied law, but decided to devote himself to painting. His first ...

Pierre Carrier-Belleuse Pierre-Gérard Carrier-Belleuse (28 January 1851 in Paris – 29 January 1932 in Paris) was a French painter. Biography His first studies were with his father, the sculptor Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse. Later he studied with Alexandre Cab ...

and to create a company called "Flotsam"; devoted to replacing the fishing equipment that had been lost. He and his wife, the artist Juliette De Reul (1872-1925), daughter of the Belgian novelist , lived in Douai until the late 1890s, when they settled in Wissant and opened a studio. Later, their workshop would be occupied by the graphic artist, Paule Crampel (1864-1964), widow of the explorer

Paul Crampel Paul Crampel (17 November 1864 – 9 April 1891) was a French explorer who explored Africa in the areas of present-day Gabon and Chad. He was killed while on an expedition to Lake Chad. Biography Crampel was born in Nancy. After finishing ...

. He was awarded a bronze medal at the

Exposition Universelle (1900) The Exposition Universelle of 1900, better known in English as the 1900 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 14 April to 12 November 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate developmen ...

. Toward the end of his life, he and Juliette moved to Uccle, where they had built a large mansion.

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Fernand Stiévenart website
with documents, photographs and a gallery. {{DEFAULTSORT:Stievenart, Fernand 1862 births 1922 deaths 19th-century French painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists École des Beaux-Arts French landscape painters People from Douai 19th-century French male artists

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