1815–1894: Léopold Loustau (FR)
Born on May 26, 1815, Léopold Loustau was deaf, the son of a quartermaster general in Napoleon's army and the heiress of a prominent industrialist in the Lorraine metallurgy industry.
He began his studies at the Institution for Deaf-Mutes in Nancy at the age of 14 in 1829 and remained there until 1831.
He studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts under the tutelage of Hersent and later Léon Cogniet. Cogniet offered painting advice, but Léopold refused to reap the benefits alone.
He persuaded Cogniet to teach painting to other deaf students at the Institut National des Jeunes Sourds (National Institute for Young Deaf People), and Cogniet agreed.
Among the deaf students was a promising painter, Frédéric Peyson. Peyson produced numerous paintings and exhibited regularly at the Salon from 1842 until his death.
(from the French Wikipedia, translated by Google Translate)
Startled on the Shore, 1865
Source: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léopold_Loustau