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Maurice Grün was a renowned Russian oil painter. Grün first studied at the Beaux-Arts in Munich before moving to Paris in 1890 to attend the Académie Julian. It was there that he became a pupil of Jules Lefebvre (1836-1911) and Benjamin Constant (1845-1902), receiving the Academy medal for his work. Following his studies, Grün travelled to the United States and then to Brazil, where he briefly settled and was appointed as a teacher at the Beaux-Arts de Salvador da Bahia. Grün later returned to France in 1896 and eventually settled in Concarneau. Grün was naturalised French on June 15, 1910. He exhibited at numerous Parisian Salons from 1906 to 1939, and his art work is held in museums and private collections internationally.