Reinald de Marchand    Reinald de Marchand was born August 21,
1889 in Leucate France. He was the son of Jean and Marie de
Marchand. At an early age Reinald was exposed to art by his
father who was an accomplished painter. By age five Reinald was
showing much promise and was soon painting on his own. At the
age of six Reinald was enrolled in the Ecole nationale
superieure des Beaux-Arts and was the youngest student to have
ever been accepted. Although Reinald was very talented and
enjoyed learning, his time at school was a cruel lesson in the
jealousy of others. Reinald kept mostly to himself and was
ostracized by his fellow classmates, but that mattered little to
him. He simply loved to paint and spent many sleepless nights
with his canvas.  Two days before his ninth birthday Reinald
received notice that his home had caught fire and that both of
his parents perished in their sleep. The cause of the fire was
never determined. Reinald was now to live with his Uncle Edmond
in the town of L’Estaque.  Uncle Edmon