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Émile Faynot
Émile
Alphonse
Faynot
was a
French
industrialist
,
watercolorist
and
illustrator
. He was
born
in
Levrezy
in the
Ardennes
. A
graduate
of
Arts and Crafts
, he
founded
the Faynot
metalworks
business
in
Thilay
in
1912
.
The business
continues to this
day
. His
reputation
as an illustrator rests on
numerous
works, e.g. his
collaborations
with the
Ardennois
writer
Jean Rogissart
among others.
Faynot
died
in Thilay in
1962
.