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'''Louis-Auguste Veillon''' (29 December 1834, in [[Bex]] – 5 January 1890, in [[Geneva]]) was a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] painter, noted for his Orientalist works.

==Life and career==
[[File:Louis-Auguste Veillon - Les pêcheurs de la région de Naples.jpg|thumb|300px|''The Fishermen of the Naples Region'']]

After obtaining a degree in [[Reformed theology]] in [[Lausanne]], he joined [[François Diday]] at his studio in Geneva, where he primarily painted seascapes and mountain scenes from the [[Bernese Oberland]]. In 1858, he enrolled at the [[Ecole des Beaux-Arts]] in Paris. While in Paris, he spent a considerable amount of time in the Louvre, copying the works of the masters, especially the 17th-century Dutch masters and the work of [[Claude Lorrain]]. He later reported that this discipline led him to the ''luminism'' characteristic of his paintings.<ref>Schurr, G., ''1820-1920, les petits maîtres de la peinture: valeur de demain,'' Volume 2, Editions de l'Amateur, 1982, p.34</ref>

In Paris, he made the acquaintance of the [[Orientalism|Orientalist]] artist, [[Eugène Fromentin]] who was his neighbour. This marked a turning point in Veillon's work and aroused his interest in Orientalist subject matter. He traveled to Rome, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Egypt, then lived in Venice for two years, before settling down in Geneva.<ref name="Auguste Louis Veillon">{{cite web|title=Auguste Louis Veillon |url=http://www.artfinding.com/Biography/Veillon-Auguste-Louis/96960.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410125635/http://www.artfinding.com/Biography/Veillon-Auguste-Louis/96960.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 April 2013 |publisher=Artfinding |accessdate=11 March 2013 }}; ''Zeitschrift für schweizerische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte.'' ZAK; Organ des Schweizerischen Landesmuseums, des Verbandes der Schweizerischen Altertums-Museen und der Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte, Volume 43, 1986, pp 229-233</ref>

Veillon travelled to Egypt at least four times. In 1873, he stayed there with his friend, the artist, Etienne Duval (1824-1919), for a period of four months.<ref>Musée d'art et d'histoire, ''Voyages en Egypte de l'antiquité au début du XXe siècle,'' Geneva (Switzerland), Musée d'art et d'histoire, 2003, p. 126 (translated from French)</ref> In Egypt, he focussed on producing work with Orientalist themes, featuring landscapes showing the [[Nile]] or the [[Dead Sea]]. His works were very popular, especially in Switzerland.<ref>General Information Organization, ''Aujourd'hui L'Egypte,'' Vol. 38-39, 1997, p. 134</ref>

Although he travelled extensively, Geneva remained at the centre of his life and work. He died there on 5 January 1890 at the age of 55 years.<ref>Jullien, A., ''Genève Suisse: le livre du centenaire, 1814-1914,'' Switzerland, 1914, p. 291</ref>

==Work==
Veillon distanced himself from the Romantic school of his master, Diday, instead pursuing a more realistic approach. He used soft brush strokes and a slightly pastel colour palette.<ref>Neuweiler, N., ''La peinture à Genève de 1700 à 1900,'' A. Jullien, 1945, p. 96</ref>

'''Select list of paintings''

* ''Bedouins at Rest''
* ''Bord du Lac à Rivaz'' (Lakeshore at Rivaz)
* ''Les Pêcheurs de la Région de Naples,'' (Fishermen of the Naples Region)
* ''La Punta della Dogana, Venise'' (Dogana Bridge, Venice)
* ''Dutch River Landscape with the town of Dordrecht in the background''
* ''Tunis''
* ''Calm Water''
* ''The Temple of Philae, Aswan''

==See also==
* [[List of Orientalist artists]]
* [[Orientalism]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
*Rudolf Pestalozzi, ''Louis Auguste Veillon,'' 1891

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