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Alexis Jean Fournier
American painter
Alexis Jean Fournier | |
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| Born | (1865-07-04)July 4, 1865 St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Died | January 20, 1948(1948-01-20) (aged 82) Lackawanna, New York |
| Occupation | Artist |
Alexis Jean Fournier (July 4, 1865 – January 20, 1948) was an American artist.
He is well known in Minnesota for his naturalistic paintings of Minneapolis and St. Paul landmarks, such as Farnham's Mill, which was one of the earliest mills established in Minneapolis.[1] Fournier is also renowned beyond Minnesota as an important figure in the Arts and Crafts movement.[2]
Early life
Born in St.
Paul, Minnesota on July 4, 1865, Fournier was raised in Wisconsin by French Canadian parents. In 1879, at the age of fourteen, Fournier moved to Minneapolis. Aspiring to be an artist, Fournier found work painting signs and stage scenery.
Creating stage scenery gave him more time for his own painting and gave him experience painting panoramas, a