Etienne adolphe piot biography of nancy

Étienne-Adolphe Piot was born in Digoin, France, often mistaken for Dijon as both cities are located in the Bourgogne region of Eastern France.  Piot's birthdate is unknown.  What writings are available on Piot, however few, note that he was born in 1850.  These accounts may confuse his first Salon entry with his birth date, which, therefore, should be placed somewhere within the 1820s.

 Before his start at the Salon in 1850, Piot came to Paris and began studying under Léon Cogniet.  Clarence Clark explains further that “Piot came to Paris with the rest of the ambitious ones, and found out Cogniet, the good teacher who, besides winning a sterling reputation for himself, helped so many young artists to a career.”
At the Salon of 1850, when he began exhibiting his oil paintings, Piot showed Portrait de l’Auteur; dessin (Portrait of the Artist; drawing).  In the years before 1876 Piot exhib