Henriette Barety (1934-2017), painter from Nice, companion of the painter Sylvain Vigny and friend of the painter Bernard Damiano. All of her work tells her personal and family history. Just as Sylvain Vigny, her companion, is often present in her drawings or paintings as well as her daughter Sylvie. Much of her work is done in gouache, but she also favors charcoal for B/W works and oil pastel and oil on canvas. Each painting or drawing is a moment of her life, a rediscovered moment, an emotion lying on Vélin d'Arches or canvas. The fact that a Chagall museum is present in Nice may have something to do with her way of painting or drawing. Surprisingly, her works remind us of Chagall for the line and the expression and Cocteau for the ambient mysticism. Moreover, her pictorial style is close to that of Vigny. A diary all in pictures, a gallery of memories of happy days. ©grandbazart ©philippecarpentier