Camille Lefèvre

Born in Issy-les-Moulineaux, in 1870 Lefèvre became a pupil of Jules Cavelier at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

[1] He also won Grande Médaille d’Émulation from the École des Beaux-Arts in 1877.

In 1900, he became a member of the New Society of Painters and Sculptors and is made a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1901.

[2] Throughout his career, Lefevre remained concerned with social issues, participating in charitable works and maintaining relations with the middle left-liberal among artists as Eugène Carrière and journalist Jules Lermina.

[citation needed] At his death, his collections and his studio was bequeathed to the museum of art and history of Belfort.