About François de Hérain
Lived 1877 – 1962 (aged 84). François de Hérain was a French painter, sculptor and printmaker.
François de Hérain (10 November 1877 – 28 May 1962) was a French painter, sculptor and engraver who had initially worked as a doctor. He did many paintings of scenes in French Algeria and Morocco and authored several art books. He won the Prix Charles Blanc from the Académie française for Peintres et sculpteurs écrivains d’art in 1961. His wife, Eugénie Hardon, later married Marshal Philippe Pétain.
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Who was François de Hérain?
French painter, sculptor and engraver (1877-1962)
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François de Hérain was born on 10 November 1877 in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
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François de Hérain died on 29 May 1962 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
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François de Hérain was a painter, sculptor and printmaker.
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François de Hérain was French.
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