Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran

Boisbaudran was admitted in 1819 to the École des Beaux-Arts where he studied under Peyron and Guillon Lethière.

As a drawing instructor he became known for his innovative method which emphasized memorization.

[1] His students were instructed to visit the Louvre, where they were to carefully study a painting in order to reproduce it from memory later, in the studio.

[1] Among Lecoq de Boisbaudran's best-known students were Rodin, Fantin-Latour, and Alphonse Legros.

Lecoq de Boisbaudran died in Paris on August 7, 1897.