The Early Life and Education of Pharaon de Winter Born in Bailleul, France, Pharaon de Winter was the third of twelve children in a family of clog-makers. His artistic journey began at the age of eleven when he started taking lessons from a local amateur artist. In 1861, he moved to Bruges to stay with an aunt, where he began learning art in earnest under the guidance of Henri-Julien de Stoop. Upon returning to France in 1869, he enrolled at the École des beaux-arts de Lille to study with Alphonse Colas. By 1872, he had moved to Paris to enter the École Beaux-Arts, working in the studios of A…