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3 unusual facts about Édouard Sain


Édouard Sain

Édouard Alexandre Sain was born Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, on 13 May 1830, son of Paul-François-Toussaint Sain, a tax-collector, and Palmire-Ernestine Bouchet.

He first settled at Écouen, where he painted various rustic scenes in the plein air style, but experimented with other styles.

An 1855 oil painting by Sain commemorates a visit by the Emperor and Empress of France to the crèche of Sister Rosalie.



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