Louis Rollet (6e arrondissement,

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, 3 May 1895 - Saché, 1988) was a French painter of the school of "

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" of the early 20th Century. He made many journeys in Asia and Africa and was particularly influential on local artists during his stay in

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, more so than his compatriot Maurice Le Scouézec (1881-1940).L'Encyclopédie coloniale et maritime: Madagascar. 2 v Eugène Guernier, Georges Froment-Guieysse "LA PEINTURE MALGACHE C'est surtout en peinture qu'un mouvement intéressant s'est dessiné au cours de ces ... Rollet paraît avoir exercé une grande influence sur le milieu des jeunes peintres, plus que Le Scouézec dont l'art se place ..."

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20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists French male painters 1895 births 1988 deaths {{france-painter-stub