A gruff and temperamental man, he then moved away from the group to spend his days painting the most beautiful mountain panoramas of the south of France.
In Paris, he met the Impressionist group, befriended them, and discovered that they shared a common desire, although their styles remained, in essence, quite different. He participated in only two Impressionist exhibitions. A gruff and temperamental man, he then moved away from the group to spend his days painting the most beautiful mountain panoramas of the south of France.