Exploring prehistoric lifestyles and beliefs
For close to half a century, Luc Debecker, a Belgian-born industrial surveyor living in Switzerland and France, has been spending most of his weekends and holidays compiling a guide to the world’s oldest "art gallery" – the caves where Stone Age peoples living in Europe 40,000 years ago painted the animals of their time with astonishing realism and skill.
"They produced the most important art gallery of all time.”
Without the support of the Rolex Award he won in 1978, Debecker is convinced he would have abandoned his ambitious project to document this important part of our prehistory.
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- Contact Information
Mr Luc Debecker
chemin des Serres
30330 Pougnadoresse
France
