Early Life and Artistic Training Roger Dudant entered the world in 1929 in Laplaigne, a part of Brunehaut. His path toward the canvas began in the quiet years following the war, when he sought out the Academy of Fine Arts and Decorative Arts in Tournai. It was there, amidst the discipline of formal study, that he first learned to command the tools of his craft. He spent his formative years under the watchful eyes of Victor Noël and Ém…