 Matisse, Jolin's and Dardel's mentor, was no stranger to naïve art but it was not prominent in his work.Jolin also appreciated the cultivated and sophisticated, older painting, and was deeply impressed during his visits to the Louvre, where he was inspired by the works of masters such as Rubens, Watteau and Chardin.In 1913 to 1914 Jolin started to paint in his own naïve interpretation of Expressionism.