GEORGES FOUILLÉ, Navy painter. (1909-1994): PEDESTRIAN, CARABINIER TIMBALIER 1810-1815, First Empire, 20th century. 165A-28020JC
Signed Georges Fouillé (with the anchor of the marine painters) on the top of the base.
No. 165A lead figurine.
Height with base 21 cm.
France.
XX°.
Perfect condition, in its original box.
BIOGRAPHY :
SEARCHED Georges, Jean, Clément. Born in 1909 in Paris, Died in 1994 in Leucate.
Appointed official naval painter in 1947.
Initially intended for the navy, his health forced him to give it up. Georges Fouillé then turned to maritime painting, named titular painter of the navy, he embarked on the Richelieu in 1949.
Fouille wanted to combine art with historical research. Georges Fouillé brings a historian's precision to his work.
Mr. Fouillé also made figurines of toy soldiers as well as dioramas and models.
Reference :
165A-28020JC