Born in Geneva, Reymond studied in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Henri Chapu and Félix Joseph Barrias.Bénézit, 1999 edition, vol. 11, entry "Reymond de Broutelles, J. Maurice". In 1889, he married Caroline de Broutelles, the soon-to-be founder and editor of fashion magazine La Mode Pratique., taking her name as his own.
