Jettel, Eugen Eug%C3%A8ne#
Jettel, Eugen (Eugène), b. Janovice, Czech Republic (then Johnsdorf), March 20, 1845, d. Veli Lošinj, Croatia (then Lussingrande), Aug. 27, 1901, landscape painter. Studied at the Vienna Academy under A. Zimmermann, friendship with E. J. Schindler and R. Ribarz, study tours to France, Holland, Italy, Istria and Hungary. From 1873 permanent residence in Paris, where he was strongly influenced by French plein-air painting of the school of Barbizon, returned to Vienna in 1897. Member of the Vienna Secession.
Literature#
H. Fuchs, E. J., 1975; NDB.