 His brother Paul Beau (1871–1949) was a fine arts ironworker.Later Beau produced a "décanteur à trépied" (decanter tripod) as an homage to his brother.In 1881, he studied under "Abbé" Joseph Chabert who taught academic art at the "Institut National des Beaux-Arts, Sciences, Arts et Métiers et Industrie" (1871–1887), an establishment founded by Chabert and benefactors such as industrialist Jean-Baptiste Prat.