Jan Monchablon

Six years later, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts, where he studied under Jean-Paul Laurens.

Finding himself attracted to the works of the Flemish masters, he took a study trip to the Netherlands in 1886.

Upon his return, he married Fanny Julien, a pianist he had met while studying at the École, and they decided to settle in his hometown, leasing property there and planting a small vineyard to help defray expenses.

[1] Despite his relatively isolated location, he continued to exhibit regularly at the Salon and won several medals there as well as at the Exposition Universelle (1900).

[2] His friend Roland Knoedler (an American art dealer), commissioned Antoine Bourdelle to create a monument in his honor.