Alexandre Séon

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Alexandre Séon (1855-1917) was a French Symbolist artist, illustrator and decorator. Séon studied at the Beaux-Arts of Lyon and Paris, becoming a student of Puvis de Chavannes in 1891, with whom he later collaborated.[1] He was closely associated with Joséphin Péladan and his Salon de la Rose-Croix, and designed the frontispiece for Péladan's 1891 novel l'Androgyne.[2]

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  1. ^ ArtMagick.com [1]
  2. ^ Matthews, Patricia. Passionate Discontent: Creativity, Gender and French Symbolist Art. Page 2. University of Chicago Press, 1999.