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Auguste Étienne François Mayer
French painter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Auguste Étienne François Mayer (Brest, 1805 - Brest, 1890) was a French painter.
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He was specialised in naval motives. He participated on several Arctic expeditions, thus reflected in his collection of artwork.
Mayer taught drawing at the École Navale.