early life and education charles maurin, a french painter and engraver, was born on april 1, 1856, in le puy-en-velay (haute-loire, auvergne-rhône-alpes). he received the prix crozatier in 1875, which enabled him to study art at the école des beaux-arts under jules lefebvre from 1876 to 1879. maurin also studied at the académie julian, where he later taught. artistic style and influences maurin's work is characterized by its eclecticis…