Background
Louis Rémy Sabattier was born in Annonay, Ardèche on 23 May 1863.
Louis Rémy Sabattier was born in Annonay, Ardèche on 23 May 1863.
He studied under Gustave Boulanger at the Académie Julian in Paris.
In 1878 he entered the École des Beaux-Arts de Saint-Étienne. He moved to Paris where he entered the studios of Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) and then Gustave Boulanger (1824-1888). Sabattier began work collaborating on creation of large panoramas, notably of Rezonville and of Reichshoffen.
Sabattier"s first drawings of Parisian life appeared in l"Illustration in 1895.
Foreign l"Illustration he traveled to Tonkin, Russia, Abyssinia and then Morocco with Hubert Lyautey. In 1912, he completed a long journey in China, visiting Shanghai, Tianjin and Beijing at a time of political upheaval.
Sabattier was modest and gentle, and made many friends. In addition to his dedication to his art, he was an excellent linguist and from childhood had a great love of the sea, making highly esteemed seascapes.
Louis Rémy Sabattier died in Nice in 1935, aged 72.
He became a member of the Société des Artistes Français in 1890.