Eugene Begarat was born at Nice. In 1960, he entered the "Ecole des Arts Décoratifs de Nice", in 1964 at the "Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Paris". His first holidays were at Venice and Murano. He set himself up in Brittany and became interested in the Pont-Aven school and with Nabists such as Felix Valoton et Maurice Denis. Later, he went on a series of trips to Italy, Morocco, Tunis, and Spain before returning to Paris to the l'Oise, and in 1993 to Provence.