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People: Louis Valtat
Topic: Turkish Invasion (Georgia), Great
Location: Sinjar > Singara Ninawa Iraq

Louis Valtat

French painter and printmaker
Years: 1869 - 1952

Louis Valtat (August 8, 1869 – January 2, 1952) is a French painter and printmaker associated with the Fauves ("the wild beasts", so named for their wild use of color), who first exhibit together in 1905 at the Salon d'Automne.

He is noted as a key figure in the stylistic transition in painting from Monet to Matisse.