Auguste Étienne François Mayer (1805–1890) was a French painter.
He was specialised in naval motives. He participated on several
Arctic
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expeditions, thus reflected in his collection of artwork.
Mayer taught drawing at the
École Navale
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* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
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1805 births
1890 deaths
19th-century French painters
French male painters
French marine artists
19th-century French male artists
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