José Mange

From 1876 to 1886, he was a student at the Catholic College of Aix-en-Provence, where he met Paul Cézanne during a visit to the Musée Granet and decided to take up art.

While there, he met with old friends from College at the Café Procope and their mutual admiration for Frédéric Mistral led him to join the Parisian branch of the Félibrige.

In 1892, together with Charles Maurras, he founded the "Escolo Parisienco", devoted to assisting young people from Occitania who had left their families to seek fame and fortune in Paris.

The following year, he had his first showing at the "Salon des Indépendants" and, in 1894, set up his first small studio with a friend.

In 1900, after a successful show at the Salon d'automne, he returned to Toulon, but continued to participate in exhibitions in Paris.