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Little is known of Agache. He was born in ; the latter dedicated a book to him around 1893 {Link without Title} . Two of his pieces, "Vanity" and "The Annunciation", were shown at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago , 1893. He was awarded the Légion D'honneur {Link without Title} . He died in Lille in 1915. ''"L'ÉPéE"'' One of these paintings, ''L'Épee'' ( French , "The Sword"), painted in 1896, and was displayed at the '' Paris Salon '' that year. It was purchased by the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in 1916 from an exhibition of paintings that were currently on loan from France. Following the CNE's decision in 1938 to cease collecting and exhibiting European art, the painting (with other French works) was loaned to the Art Gallery Of Ontario (AGO); in the mid-1960s these works were formally donated to the AGO. This painting remained in the AGO's vaults until the early 1990s; it was cleaned and restored and displayed in the AGO's Fudger Gallery. In June 2005, ''"L'Épée"'' was included in an exhibition called "Favourites: Your Choices from Our Collection", which displayed works based on votes from the general public from the previous four months. PARTIAL LIST OF WORKS
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