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Western by Choice

rench-born artist [] studied academic drawing at the famed Académie Julian in Paris. Five years ago, lured by the beauty of the American West—and staking temporary claims in such places as Chloride and Kingman, Ariz.—he began rendering Western paintings, some selling for as high as $50,000.

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