Students Many craftsmen and contractors of carpentry and public works attended the School of Drawing of Romanèche-Thorins. Among them: Victor Auclair, Child of Progress of Bourbon; architect who participated in the rebuilding of the towns of Valparaiso and Santiago in Chile. Marcel Ballet, Child of Progress of Bordeaux, student at the School of Drawing from 1886 to 1888, public works contractor in Bordeaux. François Duret, student at the School of Drawing from 1897 to 1899, President of the Chamber of Unions of Contractors of carpentry and joinery in Geneva. Claude Matrat, Child of Progress of Beaujolais, student at the School of Drawing from 1878 to 1879, public works contractor, builder of the Palace of Decorative Arts in Paris. Louis Morel, Loyalty of Dauphiné, student at the School of Drawing between 1885 and 1888, contract carpenter in Lyon. Raoul Thorel, Friend of the Drawing of Louviers, student at the School of Drawing from 1879 to 1880, builder of the Quays of Tancarville in Le Havre and the pavilion of the National Forestry Commission at the 1900 World’s Fair in Paris. Octave Veillaud, Child of Genius of Marseilles, student at the School of Drawing from 1877 to 1879, public works contractor in Marseilles. Elie Martinel, Child of Genius of Castres, student at the School of Drawing from 1885 to 1888, public works contractor in Madrid. more : List of Other Students