The article focuses on the artwork and writings of painter Jean Hélion. Topics include Hélion's English language essays, highlights of his artistic career, and painters the artist wrote about, including Paul Cézanne, Cimabue, and Nicolas Poussin. His essay regarding European abstraction, correspondence with curator James Johnson Sweeney, and paintings "Abstraction Verte" and "Trois Nus; homme couché" are discussed.