1947. Jean Claude and Yvette return to Villeneuve lès Avignon at Easter time to settle there. Thanks to Raymond Christoflour, a writer who lives in Villeneuve, who adheres to Guenon's principles, Jean Claude meets A.Gleizes on his property named Méjades at Saint Rémy de Provence. Both men had more or less the same family background. Their respective fathers both worked in the field of textile design. As a young man, Gleizes became an apprentice like Jean-Claude in the family business. While there is a 16 year gap between them, the two painters find themselves in the same thought as that of René Guénon: "Universal man must find the sense of religious faith in himself and not outside of himself " ; JCL endured the ordeal of war as a prisoner. Gleizes brings him a spiritual refuge in which he will be able to embody his painting, and reply to the questions as to the role of a painter in society.

With his friend Yvette at his side who remained very close to nature, Libert draws on his primal inspiration. Portraits and pictorial studies follow one another. In captivity he had already rubbed shoulders with intellectuals. Architects, engineers, writers, the micro French society represented by its elite, all political and religious milieus grouped together, reserve officers and non-commissioned officers will exchange for five years their vision of a future society. The intellectual curiosity of Jean-Claude attracts Gleizes in many ways. He replies to the essential question which Libert asks himself. How can a painter in 1947 position himself with respect to the world.