He was an official Peintre de la Marine from 1997 to 2017 .
Jean - Pierre Le Bras ( 5 February 1931 -- 23 July 2017 ) was a French landscape and maritime painter .
Jean - Pierre Le Bras was an official Peintre de la Marine from 1997 to 2017 .
Jean - Pierre Le Bras ( 5 February 1931 -- 23 July 2017 ) was a French landscape and maritime painter .