Adrien Moreau

He began his artistic training as an apprentice glassmaker, but left for Paris in 1863 to study at the École des Beaux-Arts under Léon Cogniet and Isidore Pils.

He first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1868, being described by fellow artist and critic, Joseph Uzanne, as "among the ranks of the greatest painters of contemporary genre".

[1][2] After a break occasioned by the Franco-Prussian war, it was his 1873 work, "Concert d’Amateurs dans un Atelier d’Artiste"[3] which really established him in the public eye, and his art became in great demand, particularly in America.

He provided watercolor illustrations and drawings for books by authors such as Voltaire, Victor Hugo, Alphonse Daudet and Honoré de Balzac.

In 1996, his work "Gypsy dancer" sold for over 260,000 Euros at auction, while, in America, in April 2010, "Concert d'amateurs dans un atelier d'artiste" realised over $70,000.