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Abel was a painter of portraits and scenes and came from Marmande in the Lot-et-Garonne region of France.
Many of his pieces of art, mostly of women were commissioned for postcards in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
He was a student of Benjamin Constant (1845-1902).
His art is exhibited in the museum at Agen in south west France.
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