 In 1892 he settled in Monthyon (Seine-and-Marne), not far from Paris.In 1909, he married Anne-Marie Léonie Crusfond (?–1933), in 1910 they moved to their recently erected chalet "La Grimpette", where both lived until their death.Eugène supported artists of talent, but without money, including Émile Bernard, whom he met at the Atelier Cormon, and Paul Gauguin.