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3 unusual facts about Nicolas Liez


Frantz Seimetz

He was the first Luxembourger to delve into Impressionism and the first, after Nicolas Liez, to paint out in the open air.

Nicolas Liez

In 1860, he acquired his own porcelain factory in Audun-le-Tiche but it was a failure and he was forced to sell out.

Born in Neufchâteau in the French department Vosges on 14 October 1809, Liez was the son of Marie Weber, a Luxembourger, and Jean-Joseph Liez, a cobbler.



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