Jacques-Eugène Feyen (1815 in Bey-sur-Seille, Meurthe-et-Moselle – 1908 in

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) was a French painter.

Career

The elder brother of painter Auguste Feyen-Perrin, Jacques-Eugène enrolled at the

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and studied under

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. He had a notable career at the

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from 1841 to 1882.

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was a fan of Feyen and describes him as, "one of the few painters who pictures intimate modern life as it really is, and does not turn it into fashion plates." He set up studio and settled in summer in the town of

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. He spent several months every year painting views of

, the oyster-picking Cancalaises and the bay of

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, and his paintings still enjoy a steady fame.Robb Walsh ''Sex, Death & Oysters: A Half-Shell Lover's World Tour''-2009 Page 144 "“And if you can't see Mont Saint Michel, it's already raining.” A lot of art buffs have a mental image of Cancale because of all the famous paintings done of the place in the late 1800s. Artists including Jacques Eugène Feyen, Henry Herbert La ..." Jacques-Eugene Feyen - Mulheres e pescadores esperando pelo barco, c. 1860.jpg, ''Women and fishermen waiting for the boat'' (ca. 1860).

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, Itamaraty Palace. Le_baiser_enfantin,_Jacques-Eugènes_Feyan_(5).jpg, ''Le Baiser enfantin'' (1865),

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. Eugène Feyen.jpg, (Attributed), ''Multi

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'' (1906),

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, unsourced private collection.

References

External links

Feyen Illustrations at Art Renewal Center
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