Auguste Veillon (1834–1890), View Of Egypt: Study, Oil On Paper

Auguste Veillon (Bex 1834–Geneva 1890), Swiss painter
Study: View of Egypt
Oil on paper
23 x 40 cm (paper)
28 x 45 cm (frame)
Unsigned—Annotations on the reverse:Study of Egypt by Auguste Veillon, Swiss Painter. Souvenir for Mrs. Henri Costa from R. Veillon—gilded frame
There is a small tear in the paper in the upper right corner - pictures with the glass

He first studiedtheology before devoting himself to painting in 1857 in François Diday’s studio in Geneva, then at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1858, where he met Eugène Fromentin. He traveled to London and Rome before settling in Geneva. In 1873, he traveled to Italy and then to Egypt. He visited Tunisia in 1884, Egypt again in 1885, Jerusalem and Palestine in 1886, Syria in 1887, and Turkey and Greece in 1888.
He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français.
His works are on display in museums in Basel, Bern, Geneva, Zurich, and elsewhere...