Diane Esmond

Her paintings from that period were seized in 1941 by Nazi occupying forces and removed to the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume in Paris.

She lived in or near Paris for the rest of her life (marrying the cartoonist Jean Don in 1962), but made working trips to Italy, southern France, and the Caribbean.

[1] Diane Esmond worked in the tradition of French impressionist and post-impressionist painters, including Cézanne, Gauguin, Matisse, Bonnard, and Braque.

[6] Her landscapes (oils, black-and-white ink drawings, and gouaches) were inspired by the French Provençal countryside and by the luxuriant vegetation of Caribbean tropical forests.

[7] Diane Esmond also designed sets and costumes for performances of classic French theater, in collaboration with directors/actors Jean-Louis Barrault, Madeleine Renaud, and Marie Bell.