Richard Victor Julien (1864 – 1937): A Breton Impressionist’s Vision of Bohemian Life Richard Victor Julien, born in Nantes in 1864, descended from a family deeply rooted in artistic tradition. His father, Eugène Julien, was a respected watercolorist—a lineage that instilled within young Richard an innate fascination for capturing the ephemeral beauty of fleeting moments—a passion that would become the cornerstone of his entire artistic vocation. Despite confronting considerable adversity during his formative years—marked by the heartbreaking loss of his parents at a tender age—Julien persev…