Fabienne Verdier
Born in Paris.
Graduated from Ecole des Beaux-arts de Toulouse.
Awarded a post-graduate scholarship at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, China.
Studied painting, aesthetics and philosophy at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute with some of the last great traditional masters.
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