Lucien Puyuelo

Lucien Puyuelo (1927-2003) was born in Sète. He lived there all his life. Self-taught painter, companion of Lassale, encouraged and guided by Francois Desnoyer, then member of the Sète school with the Coudercs, Bessil, Sarthou, His works are a true ode to the port, the sea and the city of Sète

To discover his work is to dive into fifty years of the city of Sète. He painted the sailors, the sinners, the women, the fish, the shells, the boats, the docks, the bridges, the parties, the crowd, the games, the pond, the beaches, the birds… All that gives of life in Sète, makes it so nice and so authentic.

He exhibited exactly 20 years ago at the Paul Valery Museum but also everywhere in France, Menton, Monaco, Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Perpignan, Montpellier, Narbonne… He was also many times awarded among the greatest especially for the Grand Prix du Dôme in Paris in 1959.

His own style, unconstrained, can be considered according to the paintings as related to cubism, naive figuration, impressionism and fauvism. He bequeaths us a very important work, put to sleep since his death. More than 3,500 paintings out of 6,000 produced during his entire life.

A space in the Dock Sud gallery in Sète is permanently dedicated to him.