Paul Ranson - Badende - Public domain scenic painting

Paul Ranson (1861–1909) was a French painter and writer, associated with Les Nabis. His mother died in childbirth, so he was raised and educated by his grandparents and his father, Louis Casimir Ranson, a politician who served two terms as Mayor of Limoges. He received his first drawing lessons from his grandfather, Jean-Jacques Maquart, and was enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts Appliqués à l'Industrie in 1877.