GEORGES FOUILLÉ, Navy painter. (1909-1994): CAVALIER, MARSHAL BERTHIER, major general of the Grande Armée First Empire, 20th century. 29202
Signed Georges FOUILLÉ signed on the top of the base on the right (with the anchor of the Marine painters).
No. 244, lead figurine.
Height with base 24 cm.
France.
Twentieth century.
Perfect condition, in its original box.
BIOGRAPHY :
SEARCHED Georges, Jean, Clément. Born in 1909 in Paris, Died in 1994 in Leucate.
Appointed official painter of the navy in 1947.
Initially intended for the navy, his health forced him to give it up. Georges Fouillé then turned to maritime painting, appointed 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 :
29202