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

Biography

He came from an artistic family. His father was the

scenographer A scenographer or scenic designer, also production designer, is a person who 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 ori ...

, Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri. He was also the grandson of the painter

Jean-Baptiste Isabey Jean-Baptiste Isabey (; 11 April 1767 – 18 April 1855) was a French artist during both the First Empire and the Restoration. Early life and education Isabey was born in Nancy, France on 11 April 1767. At the age of 19, following some lessons ...

, and his mother's brother was the painter

Eugène Isabey Eugène Louis Gabriel Isabey (; 22 July 1803 – 25 April 1886) was a French painter, lithographer and watercolorist in the Romantic style. Biography He was born to Jean-Baptiste Isabey, a well known painter who enjoyed the patronage of ...

. He received his first lessons from his father and his uncle and became influenced by the Barbizon School 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. His first exhibit at the

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came in 1851. The following year, his painting of the banks of the

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

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and published albums of

lithographs Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the miscibility, 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 ...

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

Frédéric Martens Frédéric Vincent Martens, born Friedrich von Martens (December 16, 1806 – January 12, 1885) was an Italian-French photographer, Engraving, engraver and inventor who spent most of his life and career in Paris. He also lived and worked in Italy ...

taken from 1859 to 1865. Later, he was one of the artists who participated in illustrating the travel writings of Baron Taylor and

Charles Nodier Jean Charles Emmanuel Nodier (; 29 April 1780 – 27 January 1844) was a French author and librarian who introduced a younger generation of Romanticists to the ''conte fantastique'', gothic literature, and vampire tales. His dream related writi ...

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

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. 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 The Château de Montmort is a stately home built on the site of a Middle Ages, medieval castle in the ''Communes of France, commune'' of Montmort-Lucy in the Marne (department), Marne ''Departments of France, département'' of France. Describing ...

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