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Jean-Louis Hamon (May 5, 1821 – May 29, 1874) was a French painter. He was born at Plouha, in today's Côtes-d'Armor département, in France. At an early age he was intended for the priesthood, and placed under the care of the brothers Lamennais, but his strong desire to become a painter finally triumphed over family opposition, and in 1840 he courageously left Plouha for Paris—his sole resources being a pension of five hundred francs, granted him for one year only by the municipality of his nativ (showing 500 of 5125 characters). |
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