Claim: Malfray attended the School of Decorative Arts in Paris and the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (established in 1817);  then rejected the academic teaching of the college and became attracted by the art of the Montmartre-based Auguste Rodin and Antoine Bourdelle.
Evidence: At seventeen, he attended the School of Decorative Arts in Paris and the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. 1817; 203 years ago (1817) He however rejected the academic teaching of the college and became attracted by the art of the Montmartre-based Auguste Rodin and Antoine Bourdelle.