Eugène Devéria

Eugène François Marie Joseph Devéria (22 April 1805, in Paris – 3 February 1865, in Pau) was a French Romantic history painter, portraitist and muralist.

Although he received several commissions, including one for a "Museum of the History of France" that was being planned by King Louis-Philippe, he was not generally successful.

So, in 1838, he accepted a proposal to redo all of the painted decorations at Avignon Cathedral and left Paris.

To support his large family, he gave drawing lessons and painted portraits of the wealthy visitors to Pau.

In 1856, he attempted to finish his work in Avignon, but his daughter, Marie, who had accompanied him, died on the return trip.