Armand POINT (1860-1932) ✿

Armand POINT (1860-1932) was a French painter, engraver and designer who was associated with the Symbolist movement and was one of the founders of the Salon de la Rose Croix. Later he formed his own atelier. Point was born in Algiers, and died in either Naples, or Marlotte, Seine-et-Marne. Point's earliest works were orientalist scenes of markets and musicians and the street life of his youth in Algeria. In 1888 he travelled to Paris where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Auguste Herst and Fernand Cormon. He was linked to Numa Gillet. From 1890 he exhibited at the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts.