Fournery, Félix
Name
Fournery, Félix
Gender
Male
Birth
May 13, 1865 Paris
Death
February 2, 1938 Montagnac-la-Crempse
Descriptive Note
Felix Fournery was a French painter, fashion illustrator, poster artist, printmaker, and watercolourist. His paintings were marked by Post-Impressionist and Symbolist traits. With his commercial art, often depicting elegant women and leisure activities, he became a well-known representative of the Belle Epoque period in France.
Fournery studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts and trained at Jules Lefebvre's workshop in Paris. In 1887, he became a member of the Société des Artistes Français.
Félix Fournery was also costume and set designer and served as the Artistic Director of the Revue des Élégances Féminines de Buenos-Aires à Paris.
For the 1911 Exposition in Turin, he designed the diorama in the main salon of the Maison de Couture Paquin kiosk.
Roles
Artists (Visual Artists), Illustrators
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