Aristide Maillol
ABOUT ARISTIDE MAILLOL
French Catalan sculptor, painter, and printmaker. He made the lead sculpture La Rivière, housed in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
He decided at a young age to pursue painting.
He died in a car accident when he was 83.
His parents raised him in Banyuls-sur-Mer, Roussillon.
His early paintings were influenced by Paul Gauguin .
