Eugène Béjot
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Eugène Béjot was a French etcher.
He studied at the Académie Julian
in Paris and learnt to etch with Henri Ibels in 1891. His technical skills were already apparent in his 1892 first commissioned series, La Seine a Paris.
Béjot then firmly established his reputation with his widely acclaimed La Samaritaine, which was exhibited at the Peintres-Graveurs exhibition in Paris in 1893.
Béjot’s work is inextricably linked to Paris. He made many etchings of the Seine, the quays and buildings of Paris. His delicate use of light evokes the city’s atmosphere.
Béjot was very highly regarded in England. In 1908, he was elected to the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers in London. He also became a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1912.
He studied at the Académie Julian
Académie Julian
The Académie Julian was an art school in Paris, France.Rodolphe Julian established the Académie Julian in 1868 at the Passage des Panoramas, as a private studio school for art students. The Académie Julian not only prepared students to the exams at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts, but offered...
in Paris and learnt to etch with Henri Ibels in 1891. His technical skills were already apparent in his 1892 first commissioned series, La Seine a Paris.
Béjot then firmly established his reputation with his widely acclaimed La Samaritaine, which was exhibited at the Peintres-Graveurs exhibition in Paris in 1893.
Béjot’s work is inextricably linked to Paris. He made many etchings of the Seine, the quays and buildings of Paris. His delicate use of light evokes the city’s atmosphere.
Béjot was very highly regarded in England. In 1908, he was elected to the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers in London. He also became a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1912.