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Eugène Devéria
Eugène François Marie Joseph Devéria (22 April 1805, in Paris – 3 February 1865, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pau) was a French Romanticism, Romantic history painter, portraitist and muralist. Biography He was one of five children born to François-Marie Devéria, a Bureau Chief in the Ministry of the Navy. His mother, Désirée François-Chaumont, came from a colonial family in Saint-Domingue that fled to France during the Haitian Revolution, Revolution. His brother, Achille Deveria, Achille, was also a painter. After their father's death, Achille became the family's provider. Eugène displayed some artistic talent and became Achille's first pupil. Later, he would study with Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, Anne-Louis Girodet and Guillaume Guillon Lethière. His first submissions to the Salon (Paris), Salon were for the Salon of 1824, but they attracted little notice. His first success came in the 1827 Salon with a canvas depicting the birth of King Henry IV of Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Devéria Autoportrait 1
Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek language, Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin". Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus Gene is a common shortened form. The feminine variant is Eugenia (name), Eugenia or Eugenie. Other male foreign-language variants include: People Notable people with the given name Eugene or Eugène include:Christianity *Eugene or Eugenios of Trebizond, 4th century Christian saint and martyr *St. Eugene, one of the deacons of saint Zenobius of Florence *Eugene (Eoghan) (died c. 618), Irish saint *Pope Eugene I (died 657), Italian pope from 655 to 657 *Pope Eu ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |