Lucien Mainssieux - Artist Info

About Lucien Mainssieux

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    Lucien Mainssieux is a painter and French artist, born on August 4, 1885 and died on July 8, 1958 in Voiron, a small town near Grenoble. Orphaned at the age of 19 months, he had tuberculosis of the pelvic bones (or coxalgia). He spent his first twelve years bedridden and limped all his life.

    In Grenoble, François Joseph Girot was his first master and Jules Flandrin his first significant influence. He arrived in Paris in 1905, the year of the scandal of the Fauve painters to work with Jean-Paul Laurens. At the Julian Academy, he met Dunoyer de Segonzac, who became a faithful friend., and in Paris, he frequently saw Max Weber, meeting thanks to him Picasso and also Matisse, Marquet, Jacqueline Marval and Rouault.

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