Eugène Fromentin
(1820–1876) fransk författare och konstnär
Eugène Fromentin (France, 1820–1876) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Eugène Fromentin belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.
Eugène Fromentin was born in La Rochelle and died in La Rochelle. The teachers included Jean-Charles-Joseph Rémond and Louis-Nicolas Cabat. Wikidata associates Eugène Fromentin with Orientalism. Eugène Fromentin became a member of Académie des belles-lettres, sciences et arts de La Rochelle. Eugène Fromentin was awarded Grand prix des Meilleurs romans du demi-siècle. The students included Fernand Cormon, Henri Gervex, and Ferdinand Humbert.
The best-known works include ‘Falconry in Algeria: the kill’, ‘Courriers, country of Ouled-Nayls, in spring’, ‘Arab Riders Stop in the Forest’, and ‘Farmyard with Cattle’. The works belong mainly to the genre landscape painting. The catalogue has 38 works by Eugène Fromentin with free images. The dated works span the years 1847–1876. Works by Eugène Fromentin are held by several collections, among them Musée d’Orsay, Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and National Gallery of Ireland. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Romanticism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jan Swerts, Charles Nègre, Pierre Louis Rouillard, Bertall, and Gustave Le Gray.