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Léon Pourtau

French painter
Léon Pourtau was a French painter and musician. At the age of 15, an apprentice typesetter, Pourtau left Bordeaux for Paris. He worked in a small restaurant on the Rue Lafayette, where musicians gathered Orchestre Lamoureux. Thanks to them Pourtau... Wikipedia
Born: 1868, Bordeaux, France
Died: July 4, 1898 (age 30 years), Sable Island, Canada