Louis Denis-Valverane is a Provençal painter and illustrator, born September 20, 1870 in Manosque (France) and died April 11, 1943. A pupil of Jean-Paul Laurens, Louis Denis-Valverane quickly adheres to the Provençal Renaissance launched by Frédéric Mistral and the Félibrige. He studied painting in Paris and took part in the Provençal federalist movement of the 1890s, where he worked alongside Charles Maurras and José Mange.
From 1901, he exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français, at the Salon des Indépendants and, among others, at the Winter Salon1. He also asserts himself as a cartoonist, author of comics, he is a regular contributor to Arthème Fayard publications in the Belle Époque for titles such as Le Bon Vivant.
He is also an engraver. In 1925, he won the silver medal at the Salon des Artistes Français. In 1936 he published a book of memories articulated around the figure of Mistral, Lou Maianen.