André Lançon dit Auguste Lançon from 1872 , born in Saint-Claude ( Jura ) in 1836 and died in Paris in 1887 , was a French painter, engraver and sculptor. André Lançon studied at the School of Fine Arts in Lyon and finished his studies in Paris. He became an animal sculptor by admiration for the works of Antoine-Louis Barye . Lançon exhibited his works for the first time at the Salon de Paris in 1861 , and until 1870. During the Franco-German War he was sergeant of a battalion. Bound to the Commune of Paris , he was imprisoned for six months. On his release, he changes his name and is now called Auguste Lançon. He became a military painter and took part in the Balkan War in 1877 . He engraved several etchings showing scenes of war he had witnessed, including an essay by Eugène Véron (1876) and L’Eau forte en … , six engravings (1874-1881) by Alfred Cadart 1 . In 1893, the rue Auguste-Lançon in Paris ( 13th arrondissement) took its name in homage. His artist ‘s studio , perfectly preserved, still exists in his native house in Saint-Claude, 3 rue du Collège.