"Ferrier was educated at the Ecole de Saint Louis. In 1872, he won the Grand Prix de Rome and shortly after was elected member of the jury of the Society of French Artists, member of the Committee of Ninety and became a profressor at the Academie Jullian. He was a member of the Free Society of French Artists and a member of l'Union Artistique and the Cercle Volney." http://books0977.tumblr.com/post/129390158472/woman-reading-in-bed-gabriel-ferrier-french