Bauchant, who had never received any formal training in the arts, belonged to a group of artists called the "naïve painters". After serving in World War I as a map surveyor, he began to paint, and he was already over forty when he had his first show at the Salon. This careful depiction of a canal in Holland is rare among the works of Bauchant, who preferred mythological and historical topics. (Source: The Digital Gallery. 1999-2006)