He worked as an accountant in Rouen.After his military service, he moved to Paris. He married Mariotta Claire in Neufchâtel-en-Bray in 1902. He had the luck, one day, to replace a sick actor in the Théâtre des Mathurins in Paris, and made a name for himself with his comic performance based on his stammering. In 1927, he became a director of the Théâtre de la Michodière in Paris. He was president of the Association des artistes dramatiques. He died in Ville-d'Avray, on 21 February 1942, from a heart attack
From a school sketch book that I will be listing over the next few days from the same artist.
Condition: yellowing and pin marks to each corner which would be covered by a frame, along with a tiny tear to the very right hand top edge - please see all photographs.
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