Jules CAVAILLÈS (1901-1977). "The Port of Cannes". Oil on canvas signed lower left, titled and countersigned on the back. Height : 84 cm - Width : 50 cm Note : Originally from the Tarn region, Jules Cavaillès began his career as a draftsman at the Carmaux mines, before studying at the Académie Julian in 1925 and exhibiting at various Paris Salons. In 1937, he decorated the Languedoc Pavilion at the Exposition Universelle, as well as other decorative panels. His work is imbued with the influence of the Fauves, with its juxtaposition of colors, while at the same time striving to represent reality with a desire to celebrate its beauty. On many occasions, he exhibited alongside the so-called "Poetic Reality" painters who, between the wars, sought to depict joie de vivre.