Édouard Pail (17 October 1851,

Corbigny Corbigny () is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France. Geography Corbigny is located at the western end of the Morvan hills and is one of the five entry points of Parc naturel régional du Morvan. The river Anguison, a tributar ...

- 6 December 1916,

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) 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

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. Later, he studied at the School of Fine Arts in

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. His first exhibition came in 1870, with two landscapes he presented at the

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. 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

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, 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

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. His canvases were primarily landscapes of the areas around

Nivernais Nivernais (, ) was a province of France, around the city of Nevers, which forms the modern department of Nièvre. It roughly coincides with the former Duchy of Nevers.École de Crozant The Crozant School (French: ''École de Crozant'') is named after Crozant, a Communes of France, Commune of France at the northern limit of the department of Creuse. It consists of a host of landscape painters who worked from 1830 to 1950 on the ba ...

, with which he was associated. He was a great enthusiast for painting en plein aire. many of his colors give an impression of mistiness. His works may be seen at the , , and the .

Sources

* Lydia Harambourg, ''Dictionnaire des peintres paysagistes français au xixe siècle'', Ides et Calendes, 1985 * Christophe Rameix, ''L’École de Crozant : Les peintres de la Creuse et de Gargilesse. 1850-1950'', Éditions Lucien Souny, 1991-2002 * Marion Vidal-Bué, ''Les Peintres de l’autre rive, Alger 1830-1930'', Cannes, Musée de la Castre, 2003. * Guy Marin, ''Jeanne Reimbolte'', ''élève de Edouard Pail à Saint-Honoré-les-Bains'', 2014

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