Edouard Doigneau The Little Glaziks...the Magic Lantern Brittany

Édouard Edmond Doigneau, born September 27, 1865 in Nemours, died April 20, 1954 at his home in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, was a French painter. Gold medal at the Salon des artistes français in 1906. Collection of the Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris. Initially intended for a military career, he entered the École Polytechnique in 1885. He left in 1900 to devote himself to painting. He studied under Jules Lefebvre and Tony Robert-Fleury at the Académie Julian in Paris, then went to Fontainebleau, Brittany, Camargue, the banks of the Loire, then to Spain and Africa. However, he frequently returned to Paris where he had a studio at 67, Boulevard Berthier and attended the Salons. He exhibited from 1908 to 1911 at the Galerie Georges Petit. Édouard Doigneau is a member of the French artists, of which he is out of competition, of the watercolorists, of the orientalists and of the Horse Painters. Édouard Doigneau was mobilized in 1914. Squadron leader in the 29th artillery regiment, he was seriously wounded, which earned him the Legion of Honor and several citations. A draftsman, he sketched in his notebooks and painted picturesque scenes of Brittany, the Pays Bigouden in particular, as well as animal scenes, in watercolor. A regionalist painter with classical training, he did not want to belong to any school or be attached to any style. His works produced in Africa, however, connect him to the genre of orientalist painting.