Eugene Cauchois, French 1850-1911

Artist's Biography

This noted French artist was born in Rouen on the 14th of February 1850. He was a specialist painted of still lives especially flowers.

He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1874 until his death and was elected a Member of the Societe des Artistes Francais in 1890. He won medals for his paintings at the Paris Salon exhibitions in 1890, 1898 and 1904.

Cauchois settled briefly in London where he exhibited a number of works at the Suffolk Street gallery of the Royal Society of British Artists.

He returned to his native France where he died in Paris on the 11th of October 1911. He is widely regarded as one of the finest flower painters of the late nineteenth century.