About the artist:

Madame Huguette Helene Baudrot was born in Alexandria, Egypt on September 10th, 1929 to Auguste and Arianne Baudrot. Her family ran a pastry shop, Maison Baudrot, that was so well-known as to be mentioned in novels like Lawrence Durrell's book "Cléa" (1960). It boasted tearooms and a dance floor and was widely considered one of the best pastry shops in Alexandria. It remains open and operational to this day, although it has changed locations and ownership. She spent her childhood in Egypt playing alongside her sister Sylvette (1928 - ), who later became a famous French scriptwriter known for writing the scripts for films like "Leon: The Professional" (1994), "Laste Year at Marienbad" (1961), and "The Pianist" (2002), as well as acting as a script supervisor for films like Hitchcock's "To Catch a Thief" (1955).

Huguette moved away from Egypt in her adulthood but frequently returned for extended trips. It was there that she likely met Laurent Marcel Salinas (1913 - 2010), a fellow Modern artist and the colorist for prints by Picasso, who was also born in and grew up in Alexandria, Egypt. She became a painter best known for her Post-Impressionistic style, with loose brushstrokes and a favoring of loose, abstract forms over exact details. Her landscapes almost appear alien, dotted with blob-like trees and filled with unnatural color combinations. Her figures are extremely Modern, bordering almost on Cubist in their minimized compositions.

She died in Bois-Colombes, France, on September 20th, 2023.