About Paul Émile Chabas
Paul Émile Chabas was a French painter and illustrator and member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. Chabas won the Prix National at the 1899 Paris Salon with his Joyeux Ébats. Chabas first visited the United States in 1914 for a season of painting there. He was awarded a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1900 and in 1912 received the Médaille d’honneur.
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