Born and died in Lyon, Pierre Combet-Descombes is considered as one of the most important French fauvists and very important Lyonnais painter . He studied art at the art Academy in Lyon between 1900-1905. Started to present his work to the art public in Paris and Lyon in 1905. He decorated the Hall of Marriages in Lyon. Linked to the group Ziniar, it participated in the creation of the Parlor of the Southeast, of which it will be president of 1933 to 1955.  In 1952, it became member of the Academy of the Arts and Sciences of Lyon. Pierre Combet-Descombes visited Macedonia during the Great War, between January 1916 and middle of 1917 where he served in the sanitary unity located in east of Thessaloniki. He has produced many drawings, watercolors, oils and sketches which he brought back to Lyon in 1917. One example of his Macedonian period is the oil on board painting titled “Woman at the fountain, Salonica 1917 (Femme à la fontaine, Salonique 1917)” sold by the auction house Anaf-Martinon, Lyon France, on 11 April 2005 (lot number 229) for 2500 euro. Another example is the oil on board painting “Veiled Women (Femmes voilées) “painted in 1916, sold by the auction house Mathias-Millon-Robert (S.V.V.) Paris, France on 21 June 2005 (lot number 89) for 4100 Euro.