Benjamin Royaards (1939 - 2009) : - Artist - Painter - Sculptor -

Following the example of several well-known Dutch painters such as Jongkind, Van Gogh, Van Dongen and many others, Benjamin Royaards left his homeland with his family and moved to France where he settled in Montbrison-sur-Lez in the Drôme. He lived there for the next 34 years up until his death in 2009. It is also where he carried out the greater part of a remarkable and varied body of work that clearly bears the mark of a significant artist.