Édouard Pail
Édouard Pail (17 October 1851, Corbigny - 6 December 1916, Villeneuve-le-Roi) was a French landscape and animal painter; primarily of sheep. Biography His father was a painter from Piémont, and his mother was a native of Corbigny. His initial studies were with a local painter and engraver, , a friend of Camille Corot. Later, he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Nevers. His first exhibition came in 1870, with two landscapes he presented at the Salon. He became a teacher in Nevers in 1877, but left there to return to Paris in 1880. During the 1880s, he travelled extensively; to England, Egypt, Palestine and Algeria, where he was married in 1886. He then settled permanently in Paris, although he paid visits to Corbigny every summer. His exhibits at the Salon were an annual event, and he became a member there in 1888; winning a medal in 1893. In 1896, he was named a member of the Académie française. His canvases were primarily landscapes of the areas around Nivernais, in ...
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