▁of ▁In gres ' ▁dis ci ples . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 6 , ▁together ▁with ▁his ▁wife , ▁he ▁arrived ▁in ▁Brit t any , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁to ▁spend ▁long ▁periods ▁for ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁his ▁life , ▁especially ▁in ▁and ▁around ▁Aud ier ne . ▁Un like ▁other ▁artists , ▁he ▁was ▁above ▁all ▁interested ▁in ▁the ▁people ▁rather ▁than ▁the ▁scen ery . ▁In ▁order ▁to ▁become ▁closer ▁to ▁them , ▁he ▁even ▁lear nt ▁to ▁speak ▁Bre ton . ▁His ▁paint ings ▁reve al ▁careful ▁attention ▁to ▁their ▁cost umes . ▁A ▁dev out ▁Catholic , ▁he ▁also ▁painted ▁religious ▁subjects ▁including ▁solit ary ▁figures ▁at ▁prayer . ▁ ▁Ro yer ▁taught ▁at ▁the ▁Ac adémie ▁Julian ▁ ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁É cole ▁des ▁Be aux - Ar ts . ▁Among ▁his ▁many ▁students ▁were ▁Georg ina ▁and ▁Luc ilio ▁de ▁Al bu quer que , ▁Fr é der ic ▁F ie big , ▁Jacques ▁Major elle , ▁Th ér èse ▁Ger ald y ▁and ▁É mile ▁Louis ▁P ica ult . ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁First ▁World ▁War ▁broke ▁out , ▁he ▁was ▁first ▁incorpor ated ▁into ▁the ▁ 4 1 st ▁Infantry ▁Regiment . ▁He ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁Cro ix ▁de ▁Guerre ▁on ▁November ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 1 9 1 5 , ▁and ▁the ▁Military ▁Cross ▁on ▁August ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 1 9 1 6 . ▁There after , ▁Henri ▁Ro yer ▁joined ▁the ▁ 1 st ▁Regiment ▁of ▁Engineering ▁cam