Gustave-Henri Colin was born on July 11, 1828, in Arras, France.

[1] Upon moving to Paris, he took lessons from Ary Scheffer and Thomas Couture.

[1] By 1863, he exhibited his work at the Salon des Refusés in Paris.

[1] Colin spent time at the Château d'Orrouy, a castle owned by Count Armand Doria, an aristocrat and art collector.

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