Biography

He was born in Le Mans

Le Mans

Le Mans is a city in France, located on the Sarthe River. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Mans. Le Mans is a part of the Pays de la Loire region.Its inhabitants are called Manceaux...

, in Sarthe

Sarthe

Sarthe is a French department, named after the Sarthe River.- History :The department was created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790, pursuant to the law of December 22, 1789, starting from a part of the province of Maine which was divided into two departments, Sarthe to the east and...

, on 16 January 1847, and was adopted by the painter

Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

 Charles Suan. He lived during a certain period in Montmartre

Montmartre

Montmartre is a hill which is 130 metres high, giving its name to the surrounding district, in the north of Paris in the 18th arrondissement, a part of the Right Bank. Montmartre is primarily known for the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré Cœur on its summit and as a nightclub district...

, and died in Le Mans on 11 December 1925.

He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts

École des Beaux-Arts

École des Beaux-Arts refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The most famous is the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, now located on the left bank in Paris, across the Seine from the Louvre, in the 6th arrondissement. The school has a history spanning more than 350 years,...

 of Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, and was a pupil of François Jouffroy

François Jouffroy

François Jouffroy was a French sculptor.Jouffroy was born in Dijon, the son of a baker, and attended the local drawing school before being admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1824. In 1832 he won the Prix de Rome...

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He realized medaillons and statuettes, in plaster, marble or bronze. He exposed at the Salon

Paris Salon

The Salon , or rarely Paris Salon , beginning in 1725 was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France. Between 1748–1890 it was the greatest annual or biannual art event in the Western world...

, as soon as 1872, and until 1909, and became member of the Société des Artistes Français

Société des artistes français

The Société des Artistes Français is the association of French painters and sculptors established in 1881. Its annual exhibition is called the Salon....

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In 1878, he married Marie Ernestine Lavieille

Marie Ernestine Lavieille

Marie Ernestine Lavieille was a French painter.- Biography :As her father, Eugène Lavieille, whose she was a pupil, she has been a landscape artist...

, daughter of Eugène Lavieille

Eugène Lavieille

Eugène Lavieille was a French painter.-Biography:His father was a tapestry maker, and he was the younger brother of Jacques Adrien Lavieille , who will be a famous wood engraver. Eugène Lavieille began to work as a decorator painter...

, and landscape painter as her father.

Works

• L'amour captif, plaster statue. Collections of Le Mans Museums.
• Le peintre Jaffard, terra-cotta medaillon. Collections of Le Mans Museums.