About Émile Faynot
Lived 1878 – 1962 (aged 84). Émile Faynot was a French engineer.
Émile Alphonse Faynot (1878–1962) was a French industrialist, watercolourist and illustrator. He was born in in the Ardennes. A graduate of Arts and Crafts (Châlons, class of 1894), he founded the Faynot metalworks business in Thilay in 1912. The business continues to this day. His reputation as an illustrator rests on numerous works, e.g. his collaborations with the Ardennois writer Jean Rogissart among others.
Faynot died in Thilay in 1962.
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Who was Émile Faynot?
French engineer
When was Émile Faynot born?
Émile Faynot was born on 3 July 1878 in Bogny-sur-Meuse.
When did Émile Faynot die?
Émile Faynot died on 5 August 1962 in Thilay.
What was Émile Faynot's occupation?
Émile Faynot was an engineer.
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Émile Faynot was French.
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