Paul Lemasson

Paul Lemasson, born January 10, 1897 in Saint-Mars-du-Désert in Loire-Inférieure (now Loire-Atlantique), and died September 22, 1971 in Nantes, is a French painter. Brother of the painter Albert Lemasson (1892-1982). 

He entered the School of Fine Arts in Nantes and then in Paris. He was a student of Cormon, Pierre Laurens and Baudouin. He exhibited at the Salon of 1934 and 1969.

He excelled in the painting of living pictures populated with small characters, as in those of the Flemish masters.