Eugène Faure

Eugène Faure, a French painter of allegories, mythological subjects, and portraits, was born at Seyssinet, near Grenoble, in 1822. He studied under David d'Angers and Rude, and his first work, a landscape, now in the Grenoble Museum, appeared at the Salon in 1847. He died in Paris in 1879. The following are his chief works:


 * Dreams of Youth. 1857.
 * First Steps in Love. 1861.
 * Confidence. 1863.
 * Eve. 1864.
 * La Source. 1878.