François Schommer

François Schommer (20 November 1850, Paris – 29 October 1935, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French painter, watercolorist and decorative artist.

He studied with Isidore Pils, Henri Lehmann and Jean Éloi Malenfant [fr] at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris.

[2] In 1878, he was awarded first place in the Prix de Rome for his work "César-Auguste au tombeau d'Alexandre".

[1] In 1910, he was named a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts and also served on the faculty at the Académie Julian.

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Caesar Augustus at the Tomb of Alexander
A Woman with Her Pet Monkey