Jim Sévellec Explained

Jim Sévellec^{[1] [2]} (21 January 1897 – 21 May 1971), born Eugène Sévellec, was a French painter.

Life

Eugène Sévellec was born at Camaret-sur-Mer. He grew up in an artistic colony around Symbolist poet Saint-Pol-Roux and drew the life of the port whilst very young. Under the influence of the Saint-Pol-Roux, he left for Paris to train under painter Louis-Marie Désiré-Lucas.^[3] From 1916 he was mobilised in the infantry and served among others as an interpreter for American and Scottish troops. From 1928 he collaborated with the Henriot factory, a faïencerie de Quimper.^[4]

In 1936 he was made peintre de la Marine.^[5]

He also created dioramas of Brest, France for the Musée de la Tour Tanguy.^[6]

He died at Brest, France.

Works

• Brest: Son histoire et son rôle dans la vie de la Basse-Bretagne, Jim and Joël Sévellec, Brest, 1955

Notes and References

1. Nickname he was given by Scottish or American troops during the First World War, as easier to pronounce than Eugène - Web site: Rue Jim Sévellec . Filyg, Jeffdelonge . Wiki-Brest . 29 July 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080224165201/http://www.wiki-brest.net/index.php/S%C3%A9vellec%2C_Jim . 24 February 2008 . dead .
2. He generally signed himself Jim E. Sévellec
3. Web site: Les Sevellec - La peinture dans le sang . Bruno D. Cot . 25 September 2003 . L'Express.fr.
4. Web site: Biographie Sévellec . Marc-Antoine Ruzette . January 2005 . Quimper Enchères.
5. Web site: List of painters since 1830 . Marine Nationale . 30 July 2008.
6. Web site: Le Musée de la Tour Tanguy . Ville de Brest . 30 July 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080417014426/http://www.mairie-brest.fr/brest/tour_tanguy.htm . 17 April 2008.