[2] Piet was a student of Eugène Carrière, Fernand Cormon and Alfred Roll.
Holland and the South, and representations of common scenes: parks, children, markets.
Piet is also the author of numerous female nudes and rare seascapes.
[3] The economic wealth that his family provides him and the fortunate financial speculations on the Stock Exchange, allow him to lead a comfortable social life with his friends Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola, Edmond Lempereur and Jean-Louis Forain.
In 1905 he became with Paul Signac deputy director of the Salon des Indépendants.