Claude JOUSSET (born 1935). "The Lot at Espalion (the Old Bridge)". Oil on canvas signed lower left, countersigned, titled and located on the back. Height 50 cm - Width: 61.5 cm Handwritten note on the back of the canvas: "Reproduction interdite" ("Reproduction forbidden"). Note: A student at the Ecole des Arts Appliqués and friend of painter Lucien Terny, Claude Jousset followed a classical training, but turned to advertising once his studies were completed. He created numerous sets for Parisian restaurants and cafés. He took part in his first Salon in 1963, and his talent was immediately recognized: in 1967 he was awarded the 1st Prix des Paysagistes Français at the Salon des Artistes Français. Although Paris is his favorite subject, he is also interested in the French countryside and the Normandy seaside, defining himself as a "painter of poetic reality".