Alfred Veillet

Alfred Veillet (March 2, 1882 - April 9, 1958) was a French painter.

Biography Born in Ézy-sur-Eure from Jean Léon Veillet, painter worker, and Clémence Marquis, housewife, he began his professional career in 1898 as a worker painter in Bonnières-sur-Seine. Having become a qualified decorator, the chance of an order led him to Percival Rosseau, painter American established in Rolleboise, to whom he showed his first paintings. The latter introduced him to his compatriot and neighbor Daniel Ridgway Knight, painter naturalist and great admirer of Corot, as Veillet. He convinced him in 1920 to buy a house in Rolleboise, not far from his.

That same year he sent his first painting to the Salon des Indépendants, in which he regularly participated throughout his life. In 1906, he set up on his own in Freneuse, then in 1913 in Rolleboise. Besides Maximilien Luce, Ridgway Knight, Percival Rosseau, he also frequents Georgette Agutte, Herbert Ward, Jean Texcier. but he nevertheless continues to exercise his art. In 1922: Exhibition with Jean Texcier at the Legrip Gallery, in Rouen where Charles Angrand, Paul Signac and Maximilien Luce are invited. In 1923, Veillet participated in the creation of an annual exhibition at Mantes, the first of a long series. Paul Signac, Georgette Agutte, Albert Dagnaux and many artists from the region collaborate. In 1950 the "association of painters from Mantois" was founded, of which Veillet became the first president. At the same time, Veillet exhibits regularly at the veterans' fair, "la Samothrace". In 1928: Joint exhibition with Maximilien Luce at Tréport, then at Vézelay. In 1970: at the municipal library of Mantes. In 1980: at the Versailles tourist office. In 1990: at the Regional Center for Cultural Development of Rosny-sur-Seine. At the beginning of the 2000s: at the "Sloan's auction galleries" in Washington. In 2013: at the Hôtel-Dieu de Mantes museum, as part of the exhibition "Jean Agamemnon & his painters, Luce, Veillet, Lauvray". In 2013 and 2014: at the Hôtel-Dieu museum, on the occasion of an exhibition of paintings relating to Mantes and its region resulting from the donation of Rodolphe Walter in this city.

Work In their Dictionary of the little masters, Gérald Schurr and Pierre Cabanne describe the talents of Alfred Veillet as follows:

His favorite technique is oil painting, and his subjects are mostly landscapes without people where water dominates: banks of the Seine, ponds, lakes, bridges, seaside, ports... called himself "the last impressionist of the 20th century". Another of his paintings, entitled Vallée de la Seine is hung in the room of the municipal council of Mureaux. Volunteer combatant's cross 1914–1918 (1937)

His name was given to a street in Ézy-sur-Eure, his hometown.