Julien Feron (1864-1944) - Le village

Julien FERON (1864-1944) The village Oil on canvas Signature stamp on the back. Size: 65 x 81 cm Provenance: Family of the artist Table in good condition. Original canvas, recently cleaned. Some small gaps and stains at the bottom and on the right side. (visible in the photos) Frameless. Sold with invoice and certificate of authenticity from Mr. Thierry Tuffier, specialist in the work of Julien FERON Fast and neat shipment with insurance. A native of Normandy, Julien Féron was born in 1864 in Saint-Jean du Cardonnay, in Seine-Maritime. From a bourgeois family, he studied engineering and at the age of 23 married a 16-year-old girl whose parents were Alsatian refugees. As is traditional in wealthy families, the father establishes his son. He buys her a business in Houlme. Julien Féron, who has no business background, paradoxically becomes the largest liquor storekeeper in the entire Cailly valley, covering 150 kilometres, putting up a good heart against bad luck and accepting this situation which was working out very well for him. In 1898, at the age of 34, the day after the birth of his sixth child, Julien Féron began to paint as an autodidact with this absolutely overwhelming desire to transcribe colors, a dominant feature in Julien Féron's work. He now leaves alone in the countryside with his easel, his brushes and his palette. Around 1902-1903, he took the plunge. In his property in Houlme, he had a very spacious studio built, collecting everything related to painting. He spends his time coming and going to Paris and Rouen in exhibitions. By chance, during one of his Parisian excursions, he had the chance to meet the actor Dorival, member of the French and great collector. Curious by nature, Dorival comes to Houlme. Struck by Féron's painting, he talks about it to Armand Guillaumin. Through him, the two men met in 1904. It was the beginning of a great friendship, mixed with respect, and for Féron a new awareness, a new fulfillment. The meeting with Guillaumin is fundamental in the career of the painter.