Marie Lucie NESSI-VALTAT (1910-1992). "Crique turquoise". Oil on canvas signed lower right, titled and dated 1964 on the back on the stretcher. Stamped "ML NESSI-VALTAT" on the back of the canvas. Height 55.5 cm - Width 46.5 cm Marie Lucie NESSI began drawing in 1926. In 1928, she entered the Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, where she rubbed shoulders with Léonard FOUJITA, Moïse KISLING and Jean HELION. She met Jean VALTAT, only son of painter Louis VALTAT, and married him in 1932. Marie Lucie NESSI's father-in-law encouraged her to pursue her artistic activities. However, her plans were interrupted by the outbreak of the Second World War. The couple divorced in 1948. Marie-Lucie NESSI then devoted herself to painting, using a palette of bold colors inspired by her travels to Algeria, Italy, Greece and Cameron.