François Flameng: A Life in Art Early Life and Education Born: 1856, France. François Léopold Flameng was the son of Léopold Flameng, a celebrated engraver. This familial connection provided him with an early and thorough education in artistic techniques. He attended the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts, where he studied under Alexandre Cabanel. From 1870, Flameng began creating reproductions of works by renowned art…