Cicéri, Eugèneウジェーヌ・シセリ

Étienne Eugène Cicéri (1813-1890) was a French painter, lithographer, and theatrical designer who became a notable figure in the Barbizon School movement. Born in Paris on January 27, 1813, into an illustrious artistic family, he was the son of renowned scenographer Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri and the nephew of painter Eugène Isabey. Cicéri occupies an important position in 19th-century French landscape painting as one of the first artists to settle in Bourron-Marlotte in 1849, helping establish the Fontainebleau forest region as a center for plein-air landscape painting. His significance lies in his dual role as both a Barbizon School painter and a masterful lithographer who contributed to Baron Taylor's monumental Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France. From 1851 onward, he exhibited paintings, gouaches, and watercolors at the Paris Salons, primarily depicting views of the Fontainebleau forest and the banks of the Seine and Marne rivers. His distinctive style featured small-sized watercolors with shimmering skies, a characteristic inherited from his uncle Eugène Isabey.