Fano Messan
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Emerging from Tarbes in the French Pyrenees, she abandoned formal studies at the Toulouse fine-arts school at sixteen to pursue sculpture in Paris, disguising herself as a man to gain entry into Jan Martel’s workshop. Her early career quickly attracted attention, leading to a 1924 exhibition in Chicago and a showing at the Salon d’Automne the following year, where her “l’Androgyne” pieces highligh…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
