Émile Aubry (painter)

Émile Aubry (18 April 1880, Sétif[1] – 9 January 1964, Voutenay-sur-Cure) was a French painter. He remained particularly attached to Algeria the country of his birth.

Early life

His father, Charles-Albert Aubry, came from Franche-Comté and was sent to Setif as Lieutenant in the French Army.[2] However he decided to settle there, where he became a local physician. Hie mother was born to French parents who had settled there thirty years previously. Émile grew up there with his brother Georges, before attending boarding school in Paris.[2]

In 1935 he was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts.

References

  1. Archives d'Outre Mer, commune de Sétif, acte de naissance #, année 1880 (sans mention marginale de décès)
  2. Goinard, Odette. "Emile Aubry". Mémoire d'Afrique du Nord. L'association Mémoire d'Afrique du Nord. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
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