Elie Lascaux: A Painter of Light and Landscape Elie Lascaux (1888 – 1969) was a French Impressionist painter whose distinctive style captured the serene beauty of rural landscapes and churches, particularly in Provence. Born in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Lascaux’s artistic journey began amidst personal hardship—he suffered from debilitating mental illness following a nervous breakdown that necessitated hospitalization during World War I.…