Marcel Gromaire

He frequented studios in Montparnasse and attended classes at Académie de La Palette.

[3] A meeting with a collector, Doctor Girardin, established his career as an artist when he purchased the entirety of the work of Gromaire.

When Girardin died in 1953, the Museum of Modern Art in Paris received 78 oil paintings as well as a collection of watercolours.

[4] From 1939 to 1944, Gromaire resided at Aubusson, Creuse, and participated in the renewal of the tapestry movement with Jean Lurcat.

In 1950, he travelled to the United States as a member of the jury for the Carnegie Prize, which was awarded to Jacques Villon that year.