Charles PorionCharles Porion was a French painter.Early lifeCharles Porion was born on 1 May 1814 in Amiens. He was trained by Michel Martin Drolling and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.CareerPorion came second at the 1840 Prix de Rome. He exhibited at the Salon from 1844 to 1868, where he won a bronze medal in 1844. He became a knight of the Légion d'Honneur in 1884.