Jean-Emile Laboureur

Jean-Émile Laboureur, born in Nantes on August 16, 1877 and died in Kerfalher near Pénestin, in Morbihan, on June 16, 1943, is a French painter, draftsman, engraver, etcher, lithographer and illustrator. Author of numerous burin engravings, in individual plates or for books, he illustrated nearly eighty books, often by contemporary authors such as André Maurois, Jean Giraudoux, Colette, André Gide, Paul-Jean Toulet, Maurice Maeterlinck or Francois Mauriac. Painter of genre paintings, landscapes whether or not animated, still lifes, he also produced some frescoes and sculptures. His works are preserved in several national and provincial museums. He founded or chaired associations of independent artists.