The Studio of Fernand Cormon Paris, 1885. A sixteen-year-old Fernand Piet enters the studio of Fernand Cormon. The air is thick with the scent of turpentine and the weight of tradition. He is not alone in this creative crucible; around him move figures who will reshape the visual language of the era, including Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Émile Bernard, and Vincent Van Gogh. This is the foundation of his technical discipline. Piet move…