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Eugène Viala
Eugène Viala (8 September 1859, Salles-Curan - 5 March 1913, Salles-Curan) was a French watercolorist and engraver. Biography He began his studies in 1877 at the École des Beaux-Arts in Montpellier, then, in 1881, enrolled at the Académie Julian in Paris. He married Berthe Ducroët, from Saint-Geniez-d'Olt, in 1888. They had four children. His paintings were not successful, partly on account of his physical isolation and lack of social connections, but he excelled in his engravings. Many of these were issued as postcards. His style was generally a combination of romanticism and Symbolism (arts), symbolism. He had several literary friends, notably Remy de Gourmont, the Symbolist poet. From 1908 to 1909, he edited the bi-monthly ''Le Cri de la Terre'', a regional illustrated magazine, produced by Louis Loup-Forveille at his printing shop in Rodez. Thirteen issues were published altogether. He was also a writer, although his work in that area is less known. His publications i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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] |