Belle Epoque genre scene was executed by French listed genre painter Eugène Auguste François Deully (1860 Lille –1933 Paris).

He studied in Paris at the Ecole nationale supérieure des Arts décoratifs and the École nanationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, and under Jean Léon Gérôme, Auguste Bartélemy 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. He exhibited at the 1900 Exposition Universelle  in Paris, where he won a bronze medal.

Deully received a travel bursary in 1892 to visit Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium. He was then the drawing teacher at the Collège Sinte-Barbe for time. From 1897 to 1912 he was chief conservator at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lille. He was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour in 1927.

Collections: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tourcoing: Les Tourments de Saint Jérôme („Die Qualen des Heiligen Hieronymus“), 1889;
Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai: Orphée („Orpheus“), 1892;
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dunkerque: Pommiers en fleurs („Apfelblüten“), 1913;
Musée de l'hôtel Sandelin: Porträt von Jean-Pierre, Baron du Teil (nach Alfred de Jaubert, Musée Versailles).

Literature: artist lexicons by Thieme/Becker; Saur; Bénézit.

Inscription: signed lower right.

Technique: oil on canvas. Luxuriousy original period gold-plated frame.

Measurements: unframed w 25 5/8" x h 21 1/4" (65 x 54 cm), framed w 32 " x h 27 1/2 " (81,5 x 70 cm)

Condition: in  good condition, slightly cracked due to the age.