Jim Sévellec

Jim Sévellec[1][2](21 January 1897 – 21 May 1971), born Eugène Sévellec, was a French painter.

Life

Eugène Sévellec was born at Camaret-sur-Mer. He grew up in an artistic colony around Symbolist poet Saint-Pol-Roux and drew the life of the port whilst very young. Under the influence of the Saint-Pol-Roux, he left for Paris to train under painter Louis-Marie Désiré-Lucas. [3] 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 factory, a faïencerie de Quimper. [4]

In 1936 he was made peintre de la Marine. [5]

He also created dioramas of Brest, France for the Musée de la Tour Tanguy. [6]

He died at Brest, France.

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

Notes
  1. Nickname he was given by Scottish or American troops during the First World War, as easier to pronounce than Eugène - Filyg, Jeffdelonge. "Rue Jim Sévellec". Wiki-Brest. Archived from the original on 24 February 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
  2. He generally signed himself Jim E. Sévellec
  3. Bruno D. Cot (25 September 2003). "Les Sevellec - La peinture dans le sang". L'Express.fr.
  4. Marc-Antoine Ruzette (January 2005). "Biographie Sévellec". Quimper Enchères.
  5. "List of painters since 1830". Marine Nationale. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
  6. "Le Musée de la Tour Tanguy". Ville de Brest. Archived from the original on 17 April 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
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