Aristide Maillol
Sculptor
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.