SUCRE, Etienne Henry (soo-cray), French painter, born in Port Royal, Acadia, in 1703; died in Paris in 1745. He was the son of a rich settler who returned to France after the taldng of the colony by the English. YoungEltienne received his early education at Caen, but finished his studies at the College of the Jesuits at Paris, and became afterward a pupil of the Academy of designs. In 1729 he exhibited in the Academy gallery a "Descente de croix" that was much admired, and in 1741 he was given the title of royal painter with a pension of 1,200 livres. His works include "Portrait of the Dauphin" (1732); "Portrait of the Duke de Saint Simon" (1736) ; "Christ at the Cradle" (1736) ; "An Episode of the War in Acadia" (1737) ; "Acadians driven Away from their Home" (1738)" and "Portrait of Louis XV." (1741).