Jean Seignemartin

Having shown artistic talent, in 1860 he was enrolled at the École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon,[3] where he studied with Michel Philibert Genod and Joseph Guichard.

After his return, he helped decorate Frigolet Abbey under the direction of Antoine Sublet.

There he met Albert Lebourg,[7] a professor at the École supérieure des beaux-arts d'Alger [fr], who had a major influence on his style.

In spring of the following year, he returned to Lyon, but went back to Algeria shortly thereafter on the advice of his doctors.

[8] A public subscription was taken up to adorn his tomb with a bronze bust by Étienne Pagny.