Painter of Fécamp and Pays de Caux, Jef Friboulet depicted the sea, peasants, and faith. Discover his original lithographs and drawings above.
Émile Jean Friboulet, known as Jef Friboulet, is a French painter born on November 11, 1919, in Fécamp. Son of a Newfoundland fisherman, he spent part of his childhood at the fishermen's orphanage in Fécamp and developed an early passion for drawing while working various jobs.
Enlisted in the Air Force in 1939, he went to Africa, where he resumed drawing and painting. The American forces nicknamed him Jef, after the initials EJF on his luggage. Appointed as an army photographer and painter, he exhibited for the first time in Bamako in 1942. Returning to Fécamp, he became an illuminator, then a bus driver, and cycled through the landscapes of Pays de Caux, which he painted.
Awarded in 1954 for "Le Jardinier," he exhibited in Paris and left his job to devote himself to painting. He opened a large studio in Fécamp, exhibited abroad, and developed, after his son's death in 1964, a more mystical and religious painting style, creating works for the churches of Fécamp and Yport.
Galerie 125 presents above works by Jef Friboulet: the lithographs "Les paysans" and "La mêlée" (1963), priced around 25 to 50 euros, and an original ink drawing, "Personnages sur la plage de Fécamp." Each of these works can be ordered online and will join your collection with a gallery certificate.
Other Normandy painters featured at the gallery: Pierre Bazire and Jean Aujame.
