Léon Fauché (born Briey (Meurthe-et-Moselle); 1868–1950) was a French painter who in 1901, with

Anquetin Louis Émile Anquetin (26 January 1861 – 19 August 1932) was a French painter. Biography Anquetin was born in Étrépagny, France, and educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen. In 1882 he came to Paris and began studying art at Léon ...

, organised the ''

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'' at the ''Pavillon des Arts Décoratifs'', and founded the Association The Studio (''L'Atelier'') with Armand Point."Léon Fauché." ''Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Oxford Art Online'',

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. Retrieved 19 June 2014. Fauché studied at the

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in Nancy and then with

Aimé Morot Aimé Nicolas Morot (16 June 1850 – 12 August 1913) was a French painter and sculptor in the Academic Art style. Biography Aimé Nicolas Morot, son of François-Aimé Morot and Catherine-Elisabeth Mansuy, was born in Rue d'Amerval 4 in Nancy ...

and Chartran in Paris. He exhibited at the

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with Toulouse-Lautrec, Dethomas and Anquetin. He also showed his work at the Salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and

The Volpini Exhibition, 1889 The Volpini Exhibition was an exhibition of paintings arranged by Paul Gauguin and his circle held at the Café des Arts on the Champ de Mars, not far from the official art pavilion of the 1889 '' Exposition universelle'' in Paris. Lucie-Smith, Ed ...

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