François Pompon was born in 1855 in Saulieu into a family of artisans where working with materials shaped everyday life. His father was a blacksmith and his mother a seamstress. This early proximity to metal and textile gave him a natural sense of form, volume and precise gesture. He trained as an apprentice stonecutter in Dijon, then entered the École nationale des Beaux Arts where he refined his drawing and modelling. This solid foundation opened the doors of the Parisian s

Walking through Beaune feels like moving through a thought that has taken shape in stone. Nothing here is decorative, nothing is gratuitous.