Jim Sévellec

Jim Sévellec[1][2](21 January 1897 - 21 May 1971), born Eugène Sévellec, was a French painter.

Life

Eugène Sévellec was born at Camaret-sur-Mer. He grew up in an artistic colony around Symbolist poet Saint-Pol-Roux and drew the life of the port whilst very young. Under the influence of the Saint-Pol-Roux, he left for Paris to train under painter Louis-Marie Désiré-Lucas. [3] From 1916 he was mobilised in the infantry and served among others as an interpreter for American and Scottish troops. From 1928 he collaborated with the Henriot factiory, a faïencerie de Quimper. [4]

In 1936 he was made peintre de la Marine. [5]

He also created dioramas of Brest, France for the Musée de la Tour Tanguy. [6]

He died at Brest, France.

Works

  • Brest : Son histoire et son rôle dans la vie de la Basse-Bretagne, Jim and Joël Sévellec, Brest, 1955

Notes

  1. ↑ Nickname he was given by Scottish or American troops during the First World War, as easier to pronounce than Eugène - Filyg, Jeffdelonge. "Rue Jim Sévellec". Wiki-Brest. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
  2. ↑ He generally signed himself Jim E. Sévellec
  3. ↑ Bruno D. Cot (created 21 September 2006 - published 25 September 2003). "Les Sevellec - La peinture dans le sang". L'Express.fr. Retrieved 2008-07-29. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ↑ Marc-Antoine Ruzette (January 2005). "Biographie Sévellec". Quimper Enchères. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
  5. ↑ "List of painters since 1830". Marine Nationale. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
  6. ↑ "Le Musée de la Tour Tanguy". Ville de Brest. Archived from the original on 17 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-30.

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