Charles Picart Le Doux (1881-1959)

« He was best known as a painter of women and nudes  », says the Bénézit dictionnary about him. But he also wad a tireless landscaper, hailed by Romain Rolland, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. :  » All you need are a few strokes to evoke the atmosphere and horizons. « … Among the museums housing his work are Algiers, Bagnols, Casablanca, The Hague, Le Havre, Monaco, Moscow, Nice and Tours, as well as the Musée du Petit-Palais and the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris. In 1939, he received the great gold medal of the International Exhibition.