“The Dance” Oil Painting On Canvas By Francois Zier

Édouard François Zier received drawing lessons from his father and later was a pupil of the painter and sculptor Jean-Léon Gérôme.  He debuted at the Salon of 1874.  Zier made illustrations and illustrated books of Rostand, Zola and Dumas. He soon devoted himself to historical painting and exhibited south after scenes of the Orient.