Adrien Moreau (1843 1906) French painter

Thank you all for viewing and comments All the best Adrien Moreau (18 April 1843 22 February 1906) was a French genre and historical painter, sculptor and illustrator. Moreau was born in Troyes in Aube départment. He began his artistic training as an apprentice glassmaker, but left for Paris to study at the École des BeauxArts under Léon Cogniet and Isidore Pils. He first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1868, being described by fellow artist and critic, Joseph Uzanne, as among the ranks of the greatest painters of contemporary After a break occasioned by the FrancoPrussian war, it was his 1873 work, Concert dAmateurs dans un Atelier dArtiste 3 which really established him in the public eye, and his art became in great demand, particularly in America. He continued to exhibit at the salon until the end of his life, being awarded a silver medal in 1876 for Repose at the farm. He also won silver medals at th