Victor Dubreuil

After joining the army and fighting in the Second Franco-Mexican and Franco-Prussian wars, Dubreuil moved to Paris and worked as a bank director.

He became a socialist agitator, founded both a newspaper and an African development company, then absconded having been charged with stealing half a million francs. He emigrated to the United States of America in 1882.^[2]

Once in the United States, he taught himself to paint, specializing in very realistic depictions of money.

From 1887 to 1889, Dubreuil had a studio at 196 7th Avenue, and from 1895 to 1896, he was painting at 110 West 44th Street in Manhattan. He has been described as having painted in the Hartnett School.^[4]

See: William Michael Harnett (1848–1892)

• American Paper Currency^[5]
• Barrels of Money^[4]
• The Cross of Gold^[5]
• Fresh Peanuts^[5]
• Grover Cleveland^[5]
• Money to Burn^[5]
• Napoleon Commanding a View of the Prisoners^[5]
• One Dollar Silver Certificate^[5]
• Tronpe L'Oeil Still Life with Dollar Bill and Fly^[5]
• Safe Money ^[6]

  

• Take One, oil on canvass^[7]