Louis Marie DESIRÉ-LUCAS (1869-1949). Village of Contes, Alpes-Maritimes, circa 1930. Oil on canvas signed lower left. Height : 61 cm - Width : 74 cm Note: Originally from Martinique, he received a scholarship to study at the Beaux-Arts in Paris. From 1893, he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français. From 1920 to 1930, he traveled to the Côte d'Azur, then to the South (Italy, Spain) and finally to Brittany, where he settled permanently, in Douarnenez.