Gabriel Bonmati (1928-2005) was French. Born in Morocco, he studied in France, where he taught at a girls' secondary school between 1952 and 1965. Since then, his career has progressed smoothly. He had his first painting exhibition in 1965. He traveled extensively, and his travels inspired his art. He likes to paint romantic paintings of aristocratic women wearing jewelry, wearing headscarves and having a Middle Eastern style.