William Ablett

His father, William James Ablett (1843–1909), was President of the British Chambers of Commerce office in France.

He was a regular exhibitor at the Société nationale des beaux-arts from 1910 to 1936; presenting mostly portraits and genre scenes.

He began working with engravings during the early 1920s, primarily illustrations for magazines and reviews.

Many of his works were female figures related to fashion and the decorative arts, done as colored etchings.

The following year, his daughter, Marie-Germaine Ablett, married the architect, Louis Aublet [fr], the son of his former teacher and friend Albert Aublet[4] He was fatally injured in an automobile accident in an alley near the Bois de Boulogne, and died the following morning at Beaujon Hospital.