Malfray attended the School of Decorative Arts in Paris and the cole nationale suprieure des Beaux-Arts;  then rejected the academic teaching of the college and never became attracted by the art of the Montmartre-based Auguste Rodin and Antoine Bourdelle.
He however rejected the academic teaching of the college and became attracted by the art of the Montmartre-based Auguste Rodin and Antoine Bourdelle. 
