Alexandre Séon
Illustration — The Story. Musée de Brest Alexandre Séon (1855, Chazelles-sur-Lyon, Loire – 1917, Paris) was a French Symbolist artist, illustrator and decorator. Séon studied at the Beaux-Arts of Lyon and Paris, becoming a student of Puvis de Chavannes in 1891, with whom he later collaborated.
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Alexandre Séon
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- 1855 · Chazelles-sur-Lyon.
- Died
- 1917 · Paris.
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- France
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- Symbolism
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- French
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Illustration — The Story. Musée de Brest Alexandre Séon (1855, Chazelles-sur-Lyon, Loire – 1917, Paris) was a French Symbolist artist, illustrator and decorator. Séon studied at the Beaux-Arts of Lyon and Paris, becoming a student of Puvis de Chavannes in 1891, with whom he later collaborated.
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Born at Chazelles-sur-Lyon in 1855, died in Paris in 1917.
The recorded working language is French. Work by Alexandre Séon is recorded in the collections of Musée d'Orsay, Musée Carnavalet, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris, Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon and Musée d'art moderne (Saint-Étienne).
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