Gérard Locardi (15 April 1915 in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

– 12 April 1998 in

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) was a French painter. In the

Académie de la Grande Chaumière The Académie de la Grande Chaumière () is an art school in the Montparnasse district of Paris, France. History The school was founded in 1904 by the Catalan painter Claudio Castelucho on the rue de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, near the A ...

in Paris, he has been student of

Othon Friesz Achille-Émile Othon Friesz (6 February 1879 – 10 January 1949), who later called himself Othon Friesz, a native of Le Havre, was a French artist of the Fauvist movement. Biography Othon Friesz was born in Le Havre, the son of a long line of ...

and

Édouard Georges Mac-Avoy Édouard Georges Mac-Avoy (born 25 January 1905 – 26 September 1991) was a French artist and portraitist. Biography Studies Mac-Avoy's family descended from an Irish Catholic family that emigrated to France in the 17th century . Through h ...

for the painting and

Despiau Charles Despiau (November 4, 1874 – October 30, 1946) was a French people, French sculptor and teacher. He also worked as a draftsman, graphic artist and book illustrator. Early life Charles-Albert Despiau was born at Mont-de-Marsan, Landes (d ...

for sculpture. He has been mainly a painter who found his inspiration in antique themes, two of his paintings are exhibited in the Chapelle de la Charité in

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