Camille Flers, son of the director of a porcelain factory, received his first artistic training from a pastelist named Demarey. He then worked at his father's factory and studied under Pierre Ciceri (1782-1868), who had him paint theater decorations. He was also briefly a student of <a href=" https://findartvalue.com/artist/joseph-francois-paris">Joseph François Paris</a> (1784-1871), a landscape