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The artist studied at a fine arts school in Strausberg (l"école des arts décoratifs de Strasbourg).
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Maurice Achener
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Maurice Achener was an Alsatian from Mulhouse, born September 17, 1881. He pursued further studies at the Arts Academy in Munich. There, he was a student of Ludwig von Löfftz and of Peter Halm, who introduced him to etching.
In 1901 Émile Schneider and Georges Ritleng created a group of artists called the Alsatian Artist Society (in French: la Société des artistes alsaciens).
This society counted among its members Maurice Achner, Daniel Schoen, Hansi, Alexandre Urbain, and North. Forsberg. His etchings were published in "la Revue alasacienne illustrée" (the Illustrated Alsatian Review), a periodical edited by Charles Spindler.
He also became friends with the etcher and sculptor Maurice Bastide du Lude, at a studio situated at the Château du Lude near Orléans where they both worked. He created several small prints of his etchings which are still owned by the descendents of Bastide du Lude.
Maurice Achener settled down in Paris in 1905.
From 1907-1908, he worked with Jean-Paul Laurens. Patry, whose family was from Geneva, was the cousin of Mathilde Paravicini. Achner never stopped working and was highly recognized for his etching talents.
After a long career as an artist, he died in Paris on April 19, 1963.
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