Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Vabereki vake vakamuendesa kukirasi yokudzidza kudhirowa paakanga achiri muduku. Muna 1843, akahwina mubayiro wokutanga muBiennial Design Contest paFondation Calvet, iyo yakauya nemari yaikwanisa kuti arambe achidzidza kuParis. Ikoko, akanga ari mudzidzi paEcole des Beaux-Arts, uko akasangana uye akafurirwa naDominique Ingres, Eugène Delacroix naHippolyte Flandrin. Muna 1848, pakatanga
February Revolution, akadzokera kuAvignon. Akava mumwe wenhengo dzokutanga dzeFélibrige muna 1854.