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1935

VENDÔME

At the age of 15, his family leaves Paris to settle down in Vendôme, where his father becomes a seed merchant. In the family home, his parents set up a painting studio for him. His early paintings were donated to the Vendôme Museum.



Young Gourmelin in his Vendôme home

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