Louis LE BRETON Autographed letter signed on his painting and art

  

Louis Le Breton was a student of Jacques-Émile Blanche, then gave up painting in 1947 and became a member of the Antiquities department at the Louvre. A tribute exhibition was dedicated to him at the Château-Musée de Dieppe in 1974.

He is quite hurt by the way his correspondent judged the lessons he gave to a certain "Henri Le." "He is on his way to becoming the Cormon and the Bastien-Lepage of the new generation." Le Breton is scandalized to learn that his correspondent spent a day with his cousin. "Matisse is a profound genius; the others, except for Bonnard and Picasso, are just donkeys and buffoons. The Eve by Despiau, I don't find it beautiful, but well-built." "I am having a lot of fun here, I do nothing and take baths in the Eure every day, I am making great progress.