Lucien Génin
Lucien Génin (9 November 1894 in Rouen – 26 August 1953 in Paris) was a French painter in the milieu of pre-World War I, 1920s Montmartre and Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
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Lucien Génin

Collectif, L’Artiste l’œuvre Lucien Genin, par Bertrand Willot, Alain Buquet, Michel Denes, Paul Deramble, Laurence Dupeyron, Bernard Jarrige, Olivier Maitre Allain, Olivier Poupion, Jean Roger Ferréo · Public domain
- Born
- 1894 · Rouen.
- Died
- 1953 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson · pastellist · watercolorist · artist
- Education
- École supérieure d'art et design Le Havre-Rouen
- Languages
- French
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Born at Rouen in 1894, died in Paris in 1953.
Lucien Génin studied at École supérieure d'art et design Le Havre-Rouen. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Lucien Génin is recorded in the collections of Musée National d'Art Moderne and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Menton.

Le résistant Lucien Génin en 1938 (Photo d'identité). Il ne s'agit pas du peintre Lucien Genin.
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1894
Lucien Génin born at Rouen.
1953
Lucien Génin died at Paris.
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- 1.Bulletin critique du livre français Association pour la diffusion de la pensée française, France. Direction générale des relations culturelles - 1996- Numéros 575 à 577 - Page 1892 "... ils s'appellent Gen Paul, Utrillo, Elisée Maclet, Foujita, pour les plus connus, mais aussi Alphonse Quizet et Lucien Génin."
- 2.Jacques Lambert, Claude Duneton Gen Paul: un peintre maudit parmi les siens 2007 -- Page 106 "Lucien Génin, par exemple, qui a pris pension dans le modeste Hôtel du Poirier, à côté du Bateau Lavoir, où il s'est lié avec Max Jacob, ... Peintre naïf et gai, Génin a trois raisons de suivre Gen Paul ..."
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