The Artistic Evolution of Edmond Leroy Edmond Leroy was a French painter and drawing teacher born in Chartres. His formal training began at the École des beaux-arts in Paris, where he studied under Alexandre Cabanel and later Luigi Loir. His early career was defined by a focus on portraiture, a pursuit that began around 1885. During this period, he moved away from conventional, codified representations of the bourgeoisie, choosing inst…