Lunchtime oil by Eugène de Barbériis

"Lunchtime" oil on panel by Eugène de Barbériis c1890.

Eugène de Barbériis was born in Marseilles in 1851, dying in Sanary in 1937. He was a painter of military subjects, portraits, genre scenes and landscapes. After studying at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Marseilles, he went to Paris to study with Detaillle, Bougeureau, Tony Robert-Fleury and Berne-Bellecour. As well as large battle scenes, he also painted sentimental subjects with strong lighting effects, scenes of military life, portraits and landscapes. He exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon between 1878 and 1901.

His work is illustrated in the Dictionnaire des Petits Maîtres de la Peinture.

His work is represented in the collections of the museums at Ajaccio, Albi, Marseilles and Nimes.

Biblio: Bénézit: Dictionnaire des Peintres; Dictionnaire des Petits Maîtres de la Peinture.

Dimensions: 410 x 270