From Wikipedia.com: Henri Ernest Ponthier de Chamaillard (1862-1931), usually known as Ernest de Chamaillard was a French artist, one of a group of painters who gathered in the Breton village of Pont-Aven. The son of a lawyer, de Chamaillard also studied law but without much enthusiasm. As his real interest was painting, in June 1888 he went to Pont-Aven where he met Paul Gauguin.

He quickly adopted Gauguin's Impressionism, joining the other painters in the group including Charles Laval, Émile Bernard and Henry Moret. There he also met Louis L'amour whom he married the same year in Jersey. He spent several years in the Pont-Aven region, painting many landscapes. Gauguin took him as a student, encouraging him to adopt his simpli...