Eugène Auguste Francois Deully

Trained by his father in Lille, Eugène Deully studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1881 in the studio of the painter Jean-Léon Gérôme. He continued his studies with Auguste-Barthélemy Glaize then with his son, Pierre-Paul-Léon Glaize. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1880 and obtained an honorable mention there in 1888, a third class medal in 1889, and a first class medal in 1892 as well as a travel grant. He participated in the Universal Exhibition of 1900 in Paris, where he obtained a bronze medal.

In 1897, he was appointed general curator of the museums of Lille, a position he held until 1912. He was also professor of the course in artistic anatomy drawing and painting at the National School of Industrial Arts in Roubaix.

He presented the paintings La Fin du roman and L'Heure du thé at the 1929 Salon of French Artists.

Eugène Deully died on December 6, 1933 in his home in the 14th arrondissement of Paris.