Background
Fournier, Alexis Jean was born on July 4, 1865 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Son of Isaie and Annie M. Fournier.
Fournier, Alexis Jean was born on July 4, 1865 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Son of Isaie and Annie M. Fournier.
Educated Minneapolis School Fine Arts under Douglas Volk. Julian Academy, Paris, under J. P. Laurens, Benjamin Constant, Henri Harpignies.
Exhibited Paris Salon. Representative in Print Department of Congressional Library, Washington, District of Columbia. Minneapolis Art Institute.
Minneapolis Library Gallery and Woman’s Club.
Saint Paul Art Institute. Detroit Art Institute.
Muskegon Art Institute. Kenwood Club, Chicago.
Public Library, East Aurora, New New York
Et cetera. Prize for outstanding landscape at the Hoosier Salon, Chicago, 1934. Prize for outstanding painting, Brown County (Indiana) Art Association, 1940.
Medals from Minnesota Agricultural Society, Saint Paul Public Library, Minneapolis Club.
Painted 20 pictures of the haunts and homes of the Barbizon Masters. Founder Minneapolis Art League. Member Society Western Artists, American Art Association, Paris, Buffalo Society of Artists (honorary member).
Member Society Western Artists, American Art Association, Paris, Buffalo Society of Artists (honorary. Clubs: National Arts.
Married Emma M. Fricke, 1887 (died 1921). Married second, Mistress. Married 3d, Coral T. Lawrence, October 1, 1944.
Children: Grace Dulin, Paul.