Maurice Brianchon was a French painter known as one of the Peintres de la Réalite Poétique, or Painters of Poetic Reality, a group of eight artists – Roland Oudot, Raymond-Jean Legueult, Roger Marcel Limouse, Christian Caillard, Jean Jules Cavaillès, André Planson, Kostia Térechkovitch and Brianchon - christened by Figaro journalist Giselle d'Assailly in her 1949 publication “Avec les Peintres de la Réalité Poétique”.
An ardent advocate of the figurative and a colourist at heart, Brianchon is often associated with the Intimism of Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard. The artist also adhered to the principles of decorative art, which he adopted during his time at the École des Arts Décoratifs, where he studied under Eugène Morand and befriended Legeuelt and Desnoyer.
At the age of 23, he was appointed a member of the committee of the Salon d’Automne and, in 1934, represented France at the Venice Biennale and won the Carnegie Prize. Thereafter, followed a period of fame and success, which included designing of sets and productions at the Paris Opera. In 1946, he was awarded the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, and in 1949, he was appointed professor of painting at his alma mater. He was also the subject of a major retrospective at the Louvre in 1951, and the following year, was selected as one of the official artists of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of England.