Lucien Bégule

Lucien Bégule (10 May 1848, Saint-Genis-Laval - 1 February 1935, Lyon) was a French stained-glass painter, archaeologist, and amateur photographer.

He was born to Georges Bégule (1805-1882), an auctioneer, and his wife, Stéphanie née Peillon, the daughter of a failed sugar cane grower in Cuba.

At the age of eight, he discovered the Histoire générale de la France par les manuscrits by Abel Hugo.

At fifteen, he entered Notre Dame de Mongré High School where, thanks to his chemistry teacher, he developed an interest in photography.

Occasionally, notable artists were invited to participate in the design process; including Eugène Grasset, Charles Lebayle, and Tony Tollet [fr].

[1] A depiction of Saint George and the Dragon, from a design by Grasset, was displayed at the Exposition Universelle (1889), and is now in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon.

In 1925, after two years of research, he published Antiquité et Richesse d'Art dans le Département du Rhône, and was appointed a divisional inspector for the Société.