He met Gauguin whilst working at the stock exchange. Like his more famous friend he gave up a lucrative job for the precarious life of an artist. In 1886 he arranged a meeting between Emile Bernard and Gauguin. Three years later he organised an exhibition at the Café Volpini in which works by himself, Gauguin, Emile Bernard and Louis Roy were displayed. He was intimate with both Seurat and Gauguin. Jeune Fille can be seen in the Musee du Luxembourg.

Post-Impressionism, Michel-Claude Jalard, Edito Service SA, Geneva