Charles Walch was a French artist who was born in Thann, Alsace, 1898. He became interested in art during his early youth and came in 1918 to Paris where he studied painting at the school of Decorative Arts and befriended another artist who was to become his contemporary, François Desnoyer. He attended the school of Beaux-Arts in Paris, advancing to become a specialised professor of drawing in 1923.

His works were exhibited regularly at the Salon des Indpendants, des Tuileries and dAutomne from 1925, and he went on to work under the guidance of Bonnard and Marquet in 1934. Walch painted joyful works celebrating his love of life, and this was marked by the award of a gold medal at the 1937 International Exhibition, and he was then su...