early life and influences charles lacoste, a french painter, was born on march 3, 1870, in floirac, a commune bordering bordeaux in the gironde. his early life was marked by a desire to become a painter, which led him to observe the play of light and visit public and private collections in bordeaux. he taught himself by studying the works of claude monet, whose masterpiece *the house seen from the rose garden* resides at the musée marmottan monet (paris, france) (view on AllPaintingsStore). this formative experience instilled in him a profound appreciation for capturing fleeting moments of be…