Eugène Deully

Eugène Auguste François Deully (1860–1933) was a French painter of genre scenes and figures.

Life Deully was born in Lille on 16 November 1860. He studied in Paris at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs and the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, and under Jean Léon Gérôme, Auguste Barthélemy Glaize and Léon Glaize.

He initially painted symbolist, religious and mythological subjects; later, he produced numerous portraits and genre scenes. He exhibited from 1887 at the Paris Salon, winning an award with merit in 1888, a third-class medal in 1889, and a first-class medal in 1892.

Collections Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tourcoing: Les Tourments de Saint Jérôme ('The Torments of Saint Jerome'), 1889; Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai: Orphée ('Orpheus'), 1892; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dunkerque: Pommiers en fleurs ('Apple Blossoms'), 1913; Musée de l'hôtel Sandelin: Portrait de Jean-Pierre, baron du Teil (after Alfred de Jaubert, Musée Versailles).