'''Aristide Maillol''' (April 8 1861–September 27 1944) was a French Catalan sculptor and painter.

Maillol was born in Banyuls-sur-Mer, Roussillon. He decided at an early age to become a painter, and moved to Paris in 1881 to study art. After several applications, his enrollment in the École des Beaux-Arts was accepted in 1885, and he studied ther...(continue reading)