René Pierre Charles Princeteau

René Pierre Charles Princeteau (18 July 1843 – 31 January 1914) was a French animal painter. René Princeteau was born in Libourne into a noble family. He was deaf and mute from birth. He studied at the Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris. After attending sculpture classes with Dominique Fortuné Maggesi, he enrolled in 1865 at the École nationale supérieure des Be...