Aimé Maeght, the orphaned son of a railroad employee, was born in 1906 in Hazebrouk, northern France. At the age of 8, he went to live in southern France. The whole family relocated near Nîmes where he went to school. He became as a lithograph designer.

All his life he rejected the idea of being an art vendor. He considered himself a lithographer, journalist or printer.

Picasso, Braque, Léger, Miro, Giacometti, Calder, Chagall will be his friends and will work with him. His Foundation will be one of the most prestigious center for modern and contemporary art...