François de Hérain (10 November 1877 – 28 May 1962) was a French painter, sculptor and engraver who had initially worked as a doctor. He did many paintings of scenes in

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and Morocco and authored several art books. He won the Prix Charles Blanc from the

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for ''Peintres et sculpteurs écrivains d’art'' in 1961. His wife, Eugénie Hardon, later married Marshal

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. He lived in

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and Les Baux de Provence, where a square, Place François de Hérain, was named in his honour.

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