Early Life, Family and Training Jean Adler was born in Paris on September 30, 1899. He grew up within a family that understood the weight of a brush; his uncle, Jules Adler, was a painter himself. This connection to the craft was part of the air he breathed during his childhood in the city. By 1919, he had entered the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris to begin his formal study of painting and sculpture. His training…