Eugene CORNEAU is born in 1894 in Vouzeron (expensive). 1908 Exerts many different trades to be able to paint and follows courses of the evening assiduously. 1913 Enters l?atelier of Luce Berthold Mahn where it meets Richard Naguet arriving d?Amiens and to which it binds d?amitié. 1918 Meeting Elie Faure, takes part in the creation of the Young French painting (founder member). 1925 Named boarder of the Abd-el-Hair in Algiers by the general government of l?Algery, leaves to Algiers where it meets Etienne Bouchard and Jean Launiod, like Jean Alasard, then professor with Faculty, of letters, future conservative of the modern Museum d?art d?alger, and Audisio poet works and travels to Algeria, makes a stay in Goulette, in Tunisia, company of the Marquet painter. 1927 Returns to France, passes l?été to Pontetaubert, close d?Avallon (Yonne). 1928 Séjourne in Boulogne-sur-Mer with Richard Maguet 1929 binds d?amitié with Rene Levrel, voyage in Algeria and, on its return, begins engravings for books. 1930 Remains in Saint-Jean-de-Monts in company of P.E Clairin and Levrel 1933 Séjourne with l?Ile d?Yeu where it will often turn over. 1941-1944 Paints in Berry: in Bourges and Nickle silver-on-Hollow. 1947 Becomes member of the national Committee of the book and of the Company of l?Estampe 1953 is named member of the committee of the Show d?automne. 1953-1962 is in charge d?un course of engraving to l?école nationaledes Beaux- Arts d?Alger. 1954-1974 turns over each winter to Algeria regularly and works the remainder of l?année in Paris, Pontaubert and with l?Ile d?Yeu. 1958 is named Vice-président of the Company of the painters French engravers. 1977 Dies In Pontaubert EXPOSURES: 1918 Young French painting at Marzi Joyant theatre of the Old man-Colombier.Galerie Eugene Blot, street Richepanse, Paris. 1919 Gallery Eugene Blot. 1920 Gallery of the Editions G Crès & Co, street Hautefeuille, 1921 Gallery Eugene Blot. 1922 Member of the show d?automne. 1923 Show of Tileries (year of following creation and years) the Young painter Frenchwoman. 1924 Gallery Eugene Blot. Young French painting, Cravant (Yonne). Gallery new rise, Paris (engraving). 1925 Giroux Gallery, Brussels. 1927 Gallery Eugene Blot. Vincont gallery, street of the Seine, Paris (drawings and gouaches d?Algery). 1928 New York. 1929 Gallery th.Briant. Show d?automne. 1931 Gallery J R of Wood, Haarlem, Holland. 1933 Druet Gallery, Paris. 1937 "Artists of this time" in the small Palate, Paris. Decoration of the Berry-Nivernais house to Universal l?Exposition. 1938 Decoration with l?Exposition of New York. 1938 Gallery Andre Schoeller, street of Teheran, Paris. 1940 Invited with the 22nd Biennial one of Venice. 1940-1941 Decoration of the village hall of Bourges (destroyed). 1947 Rodrigues-Henriques Gallery, Paris. 1949 Gallery Andre Maurice, data base Haussmann, Paris. 1950 Gallery Nice-Massart, Nantes. 1952 Gallery Andre Maurice, Paris. 1961 Gallery Andre Maurice, Paris. 1965 Gallery Katia Granoff, Paris. 1970 Gallery Katia Granoff, Paris. With also regularly exposed in a group made up with his/her friends Rt.Bouchaud, P.E Clairin and Levrel. MUSEES: Albi, Algiers, Anneey, Babnols-on-Cèze, Bourges, Constantine, Ghent, Oran, modern Paris national Museum d?art, Poitiers, Rodez, Tunis.

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