The tragic story of French na├»ve painter S├®raphine Louis aka S├®raphine de Senlis (1864-1942), a humble servant who becomes a gifted self-taught painter. Discovered by prominent critic and collector William Uhde, she came to prominence between the wars grouped with other na├»ve painters like Henri Rouseau only to descend into madness and obscurity with the onset of the Great Depression and World War II.