Early Life and Training Born: Paris, France (1843) Died: 1919 Apprenticed in the workshops of Isidore Pils and François-Édouard Picot. Entered the École des beaux-arts de Paris in 1861. First displayed his work in 1866. Orientalist Travels and Influences Traveled to Spain with Henri Regnault and to Italy with François Flameng and Jean-Léon Gérôme. Met the Catalan painter Marià Fortuny in Morocco, visiting Tétouan together. Visited North Africa many times, particularly Morocco and Egypt, drawing inspiration from Moorish architecture and Eastern imagery.…