The son of Louis Théodore Mahler and Pauline Arlensparch, Paul Mahler was born on 29th September 1864 at Strasbourg and died on 31st December 1923 at Clamart, a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris. A pupil of Ernest Bellecroix (1836–1901), Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) and Paul Saïn (1853–1908), he established himself as a painter of animals, both domestic and wild. He was particularly renowned for his paintings and illustrations of dogs, especially those used in hunting pursuits. He married Marie Francoise Anastasie Moreau in Paris in May 1888. In 1894 he became a member of the Association des Artistes, Peintres, Sculpteurs, Architectes, Graveurs, et Dessinateurs, which had been founded in 1844 by Baron Isidore Taylor (1789–1879).
Mahler also produced a small number of sculptural pieces based on animals.
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Text source: Art Detective