Félix Raoul Eteve was born in Montmorillon, France, in 1902. He studied art at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris.
Throughout his career he was inspired by the huge diversity of rivers in all the departments of France, from the Seine as it runs through Paris in the North, to the Tarn river as it flows through the Gorges du Tarn in the South. His languid and tranquil interpretations of river landscapes bathed in the soft light of a summer day, evoke a slower pace of life, when one had time to contemplate such scenes.
Félix Raoul Eteve exhibited his paintings in various galleries in Paris, and was a member of the Société des Artistes Français, where he also exhibited his paintings at their annual Salon. In 1935 he won the prestigious Prix Raigecourt-Goyan.
He died in Auxerre in 1967.
