Montmatre by Christopher Wood, 1925, oil on canvas.

*Montmatre by Christopher Wood, 1925, oil on canvas.*
Wood met Augustus John at Liverpool University, encouraging him to become a painter. In 1921 he moved to Paris, studying at the Académie Julian, where he met Picasso, Jean Cocteau, Georges Auric and Diaghilev. During his Parisian years Wood was introduced to opium by Cocteau becoming addicted to it. Under the drug's influence he was killed by a train at Salisbury station. In deference to his mother's wishes it was reported as an accident.