Nicolas François Octave Tassaert was born on July 26, 1800, and died on April 24, 1874. He was born in Paris. He was from a family of artists and learned from his family members who were engravers and sculptors. He worked as an engraver and lithographer, as well as an illustrator. He attended the École des Beaux-Arts in 1817 and exhibited his paintings in the Paris Salon, which he discontinued in 1857. He was famous for history and genre paintings, especially exploring everyday issues like homelessness, suicide, and sickness. Due to problems with his eyesight and alcoholism, he eventually stopped painting and committed suicide. He became highly regarded within the field of social justice because of his paintings’ serious subject matter.