Eugène Cicéri

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Étienne Eugène Cicéri (27 January 1813 – 20 April 1890) was a French painter, illustrator,

Biography

He came from an artistic family. His father was the scenographer, Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri. He was also the grandson of the painter Jean-Baptiste Isabey, and his mother's brother was the painter Eugène Isabey.

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.^[1][2] His first exhibit at the Salon came in 1851. The following year, his painting of the banks of the Loing was awarded a second-class medal.

He was also a

Like his father, he also did theatrical set designs and some decorative work; notably at the Château de Montmort.

References

Further reading

• Hélène Saule-Sorbé, Pyrénées, voyage par les images, éditions de Faucompret, 1993
  ISBN 978-2-906922-20-4
• Gérald Schurr and Pierre Cabanne, Dictionnaire des Petits Maîtres de la peinture, 1820–1920, Paris, éditions de l'Amateur, 2008
  ISBN 978-2-85917-223-7

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