ArtistFeyen-Perrin, Auguste

Artist Years1826-1888

Artist NationalityFrench

TitleShepperdess Seated on a Stone

Yearca. 1860

MediumPainting > Oil

Dimensions13 X 10 inches

ProvenanceN/A

Accession NumberRC1395

NotesFrançois Nicolas Augustin Feyen, known as Auguste Feyen-Perrin was a French painter, engraver and illustrator. He added his mother's maiden name to Feyen to help distinguish himself from his older brother, Jacques-Eugène Feyen, who was already an established artist when Auguste was only fifteen. His father was a tax collector. He had his first art lessons with his older brother, Jacques-Eugène, then attended a drawing school in Nancy. After some private lessons with Michel Martin Drolling, he qualified to enroll at the École des Beaux-arts in 1848, where he studied with Léon Cogniet and Adolphe Yvon. Specializing in portraits and genre scenes, he had his first exhibition at the Salon in 1853. He continued to exhibit there for most of his life, winning medals in 1865, 1867 and 1874. Once, he gave up the chance to compete for the Prix de Rome to accept a commission painting theater curtains for the Opéra-Comique. Together with his brother and his friend, Jules Breton, he spent his summers in Cancale; painting scenes from the everyday lives of the Breton peasantry. Many of his works were acquired by public institutions.
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