Jim Sévellec born Eugène Sévellec, was a French painter.

Life

Eugène Sévellec was born at Camaret-sur-Mer

Camaret-sur-Mer

Camaret-sur-Mer is a commune in the Finistère department in northwestern France, located at the end of Crozon peninsula.-Sights:Camaret-sur-Mer is home to the Tour Vauban or Tour dorée , a historic fortification guarding the harbor and built in 1669-94...

. He grew up in an artistic colony around the author Saint-Pol-Roux

Saint-Pol-Roux

Paul-Pierre Roux, called Saint-Pol-Roux was a French Symbolist poet.-Marseille:...

 and drew the life of the port whilst very young. Under the influence of Saint-Pol-Roux, he left for Paris to train under Désiré-Lucas

Louis-Marie Désiré-Lucas

Louis-Marie Désiré-Lucas was a French painter....

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From 1916 he was mobilised in the infantry and served among others as an interpreter for American and Scottish troops. From 1928 he collaborated with the Henriot factiory, a faïencerie de Quimper.
In 1936 he was made peintre de la Marine

Peintre de la Marine

Peintre de la Marine is a title awarded by the minister of defence in France to artists who have devoted their talents to the sea, the French Navy and other maritime subjects...

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He also created dioramas of Brest, France

Brest, France

Brest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon...

 for the Musée de la Tour Tanguy

Tour Tanguy

The Tour Tanguy, Bastille de Quilbignon or Tour de la Motte Tanguy is a medieval tower on a rocky motte beside the Penfeld river in Brest, France. Probably built during the Breton War of Succession, it faces the château de Brest and is now accessed by a road off the square Pierre Péron, at one end...

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He died at Brest, France

Brest, France

Brest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon...

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Works

• Brest : Son histoire et son rôle dans la vie de la Basse-Bretagne, Jim and Joël Sévellec, Brest, 1955