River at Saint Victor sur Rhins - Edouard Pauporté

Pauporte edouard (1868 lyon - 1939 au couteau – loire) He studied at the fine arts in lyon. Especially a painter of still lifes, especially of flowers, he was also a landscaper and brought back many landscapes from his travels in italy, spain, corsica and on the french riviera. He has regularly exhibited at the salon d'automne in lyon. 25 pages on the life of a multifaceted man- jean farjot. Until 1981, the staff of the hosiery on rue jules-massenet, in the centre of the coteau, was about 80 people. The story begins in 1921. A year earlier, melvina, the wife of edouard pauporté, had started knitting socks for soldiers at home on avenue de la république. "i was interested in this man in its three dimensions, " says farjot. He was first a silk draughtsman going from house to house without really finding his happiness. At the same time, he developed his talents as a painter in the tradition of the lyon school. And when he sees that malvina, his wife, is able to create collections and with their son to make the business work, he will do what he always wanted to do: paint. » Edouard pauporté died in 1939. His paintings are numerous. His painting is "academic." above all, he left a 700-page diary re-literate by the family to the typewriter. These documents allowed jean farjot to retrace in 25 pages the journey of a man. Sources: e.benezit dictionary of painters, sculptors, draughtsmen and engravers.