Antoine Vollon place of birth Lyon
Family and early years
Vollon was born the son of an ornamental craftsman in Lyon, France.  He taught himself to paint. He began an apprenticeship to an engraver in metal, and studied under Jehan Georges Vibert at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyon from 1850 to 1853 to become a printmaker. He then worked at decorating enamelled pans and stoves. In 1860 he and Marie-Fanny Boucher married and later had two children, Alexis and Marguerite.
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