Symbolist painter best known for 'Oedipus and the Sphinx' and other works featuring mythological and biblical images. He taught such future notables as Henri Matisse and Georges Rouault while a professor at cole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He was originally trained by Fran ois- douard Picot and Th odore Chass riau. His earliest painting was "Piet '" and it was acquired by the Angoul me cathedral.
