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Léon Mignon

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Born at Liège, Léon Mignon completed his studies at the Académie royale des Beaux-Arts de Liège in 1871. He made his first showing at the Salon of Ghent, and obtained a fellowship from the Fondation Darchis for further study in Italy.
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is conserved in the Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts, Brussels.
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Both Schaerbeek and Liège possess a rue Léon Mignon.
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