The Quiet Observer of Fougères Albert Durand lived a life deeply rooted in the soil and stone of Fougères, France. Born in 1856, he moved through the world with a steady, observant eye, first as a student at the École des beaux-arts de Paris and later as a man who saw the world through both a painter's brush and a photographer's lens. He studied under Gustave Boulanger and Jules Lefèbvre, learning the weight of a line and the subtle sh…