Eugène Cicéri

Étienne Eugène Cicéri (27 January 1813 – 20 April 1890) was a French painter, illustrator, engraver and theatrical designer.

He was also a watercolorist and published albums of lithographs based on photographs; breaking with his Romantic predecessors to present scenes realistically.

One of his most popular albums was derived from trips he made to the Alps and the Pyrénées: Les Pyrénées dessinées d'après nature et lithographiées and La Suisse et la Savoie, based on photographs by Frédéric Martens taken from 1859 to 1865.

Later, he was one of the artists who participated in illustrating the travel writings of Baron Taylor and Charles Nodier, collected as Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France, featuring views of Brittany.

Like his father, he also did theatrical set designs and some decorative work; notably at the Château de Montmort.

Caricature of Eugène Cicéri by Eugène Giraud
On the Banks of the Loing