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He went to Paris, where he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and Académie Julian under William-Adolphe Bouguereau.
From 1873-1875, he studied at the National Academy of Design, augmented by private studies with Joseph Oriel Eaton and visits to Holland, Italy, France and England, with classes at the Académie Julian in Paris with Tony Robert-Fleury and William-Adolphe Bouguereau.
It is the only museum in the state with a comprehensive permanent collection, and although it includes works from Paolo Veronese, El Greco, Titian, among others, its greatest strengths are the outstanding art collections of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries of American and European artists such as Pierre-Auguste Renoir and William-Adolphe Bouguereau.
However, his determination to become an artist saw him move to Europe and study under Charles Verlat in Antwerp and later at the Académie Julian and Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury in Paris.
However, it has become somewhat controversial, both for its unabashedly academic style, inspired both by Jacques-Louis David and William Bouguereau, and for its highly symbolic content, said to express the cycle of denial and tragedy.