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<p>[QUOTE="gerspee, post: 241008, member: 3062"]Found the name on a other art forum and now only need to find some art from this painter off course to compare <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> His name is Ulrich de Fonvielle and here's what came up on the forum : </p><p><br /></p><p>Signed Fonvielle 1892 and inscribed Dieppe.</p><p>The author of this painting was a painter but is mainly known for his romantic life as a journalist.Ulrich de Fonvielle was born in Paris on february 11.1833. He was the brother of Wilfrid de Fonvielle and Arthur de Fonvielle, both journalist and, for Wilfrid, a important aventurer in aeronautics. Ulrich, in spite of his studies in painting begun his experience in an algerian newspaper of the opposition, funded by his brother Arthur <i>l'Algerie Nouvelle</i>, which was forbidden after a number of condemnations. Ulrich changed the pen for the gun and joined Garibaldi under the orders of the french colonel Cluseret and was soon rewarded as an officer and a military valor medall. By the time, he sent articles and drawings to the newspaper <i>L'Illustration</i>. Then he came back in France and reported his war experiences in a set of articles and finally in a book : "<i>Les chemises rouge</i>s" (The red shirts). But as an adventurer he was interested by the Secession war and came in America and met again colonel Cluseret who was a Brigadier Général and Head of the first lines of Général Frémont. Fonvielle served as a topographer in the general staff of the Potomac army and was in Bull Run and Gettysburg. Some of his topographical drawings are in the Fremont library and some other U.S. libraries. He returned in France in 1864 and wrote for a number of newspaper like his <i>Scènes de la vie militaire aux Etats unis</i>- Sketches of the military life in U.S.. but also about other political and science subjects. An article against the french government sent him for two months in jail. He lost his election as a representant of the Rhône in 1870 but the war France/Prussia was here and he had a courageous attitude in some battles. After the war he joined the regular government and as a lieutenant-colonel fight against the revolution ranks of the Commune. Then he worked for some newspapers and mainly was the head of <i>L'Union républicaine</i> in Dieppe. Again he was often sentenced by french justice courts for his publications. He wrote his memoirs and a drama : <i>Populus</i>. He died in july 1911 in Paris.</p><p>Bio I shorten and translate after <i>Larousse mensuel illustré </i>1913, p.203</p><p>As a painter, he exhibited landscapes in a number of salons (Paris 1888,1889,1898...). He is quoted as "Ulrich de Fonvielle, artiste peintre" in an issue of the newspaper <i>L'aéronautique</i> in 1894. A google image search "Dieppe cliffs" will show you that your seascape is typical of the shore where Fonvielle lived by.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gerspee, post: 241008, member: 3062"]Found the name on a other art forum and now only need to find some art from this painter off course to compare :happy: His name is Ulrich de Fonvielle and here's what came up on the forum : Signed Fonvielle 1892 and inscribed Dieppe. The author of this painting was a painter but is mainly known for his romantic life as a journalist.Ulrich de Fonvielle was born in Paris on february 11.1833. He was the brother of Wilfrid de Fonvielle and Arthur de Fonvielle, both journalist and, for Wilfrid, a important aventurer in aeronautics. Ulrich, in spite of his studies in painting begun his experience in an algerian newspaper of the opposition, funded by his brother Arthur [I]l'Algerie Nouvelle[/I], which was forbidden after a number of condemnations. Ulrich changed the pen for the gun and joined Garibaldi under the orders of the french colonel Cluseret and was soon rewarded as an officer and a military valor medall. By the time, he sent articles and drawings to the newspaper [I]L'Illustration[/I]. Then he came back in France and reported his war experiences in a set of articles and finally in a book : "[I]Les chemises rouge[/I]s" (The red shirts). But as an adventurer he was interested by the Secession war and came in America and met again colonel Cluseret who was a Brigadier Général and Head of the first lines of Général Frémont. Fonvielle served as a topographer in the general staff of the Potomac army and was in Bull Run and Gettysburg. Some of his topographical drawings are in the Fremont library and some other U.S. libraries. He returned in France in 1864 and wrote for a number of newspaper like his [I]Scènes de la vie militaire aux Etats unis[/I]- Sketches of the military life in U.S.. but also about other political and science subjects. An article against the french government sent him for two months in jail. He lost his election as a representant of the Rhône in 1870 but the war France/Prussia was here and he had a courageous attitude in some battles. After the war he joined the regular government and as a lieutenant-colonel fight against the revolution ranks of the Commune. Then he worked for some newspapers and mainly was the head of [I]L'Union républicaine[/I] in Dieppe. Again he was often sentenced by french justice courts for his publications. He wrote his memoirs and a drama : [I]Populus[/I]. He died in july 1911 in Paris. Bio I shorten and translate after [I]Larousse mensuel illustré [/I]1913, p.203 As a painter, he exhibited landscapes in a number of salons (Paris 1888,1889,1898...). He is quoted as "Ulrich de Fonvielle, artiste peintre" in an issue of the newspaper [I]L'aéronautique[/I] in 1894. A google image search "Dieppe cliffs" will show you that your seascape is typical of the shore where Fonvielle lived by.[/QUOTE]
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