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Early Life, Family and Artistic Training Auguste André Lançon enters the world on December 16, 1836, in Saint-Claude, Jura. He is born into a working-class household, the son of Pierre Simon Lançon, a carpenter, and Amélie Lacroix. An older brother, Aimé, grows up alongside him in the Jura region. The early years are defined by the quiet rhythms of Saint-Claude before the pull of the arts directs his path away from his father's trade.
The transition from provincial life to formal training begins with a stint as an apprentice in a printing house in Lons-le-Saunier. At seventeen, the technical realities of ink and paper take hold. This practical foundation leads him to the École des beaux-arts de Lyon, where his formal education takes shape. He moves through the curriculum with a focus on the discipline of drawing, eventually making the leap from the regional academi…