Jules Cavailles was a well-known, highly regarded, and versatile French painter. He worked in oils, gouache, and pastel, and his subject matter featured figures, portraits, nudes, still lifes, flowers, landscapes, and animals. His work is represented in many leading collections and museums, including the Modern Art Museum in Paris, and the museums in Toulouse, Albi, Marseilles, Chicago, and Helsinki.

He started as a technical draughtsman during which time he met "le pere Artigue" - who was a friend of the famous pointillist* artist Henri Martin - and who encouraged him to go to Paris to study fine art. In 1925 he enrolled at the Académie Julian* and he began exhibiting at the various Parisian Salons from 1928 - the Societie des Artis...