Albert Aublet

[1] Trained in the workshops of Claudius Jacquand and Jean-Léon Gérôme, he had his first exhibit at the Salon in 1873.

He also collected medals at several international events, including the Exposition Universelle of 1889.

[2] During his overseas trip in 1881, his experiences in the Middle East had a profound influence on his artistic inspiration.

His first Orientalist painting "Turkish Woman in the Baths" was a great success and he became President of the Société des Artistes in Tunis.

He was also a professor at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, and is believed to have been the inspiration for M. Biche, a fictional painter in Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust.