Eugène Faure

Eugène Faure, a French painter of allegories, mythological subjects, and portraits, was born at Seyssinet, near Grenoble, in 1822. He studied under David d'Angers and Rude, and his first work, a landscape, now in the Grenoble Museum, appeared at the Salon in 1847. He died in Paris in 1879. The following are his chief works: Dreams of Youth. 1857. First Steps in Love. 1861. Confidence. 1863. Eve. 1864. La Source. 1878.