A Legacy Born of Lineage Born in Paris, Luc Georges Maxime Simon entered a world where the brush was a family language. He was the son of the painter Ernest Simon and the grandson of Emile Dardoize, a lineage that ensured the scent of oil paint and the texture of canvas were part of his earliest memories. His upbringing was not merely a domestic affair but an apprenticeship of the soul, as he spent his youth following his father, broth…