Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola (French painter) 1871 - 1950
Born in Sète in the Herault in 1871, Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola was a student of Fernand Cormon and Pierre Dupuis and exhibited regularly at the Salon des artistes français from 1889. Following his successes in that arena, the young artist became a member of the Comité de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts where his works appeared every year. Beginning in 1894, the Guirand de Scévola turned to Symbolism and concentrated solely on the aesthetic aspect of his depictions of young women.