GEORGES FOUILLÉ, Painter of the Navy. (1909-1994): CAVALRYMAN, MARSHAL JUNOT First Empire, 20th century. 258-28020JC
Signed Georges FOUILLÉ on the top of the base to the right (with the anchor of the Navy painters).
No. 258 lead figurine.
Height with the base 24 cm.
France.
20th century.
Good condition, in its original box.
BIOGRAPHY:
Georges FOUILLÉ, Jean, Clément. Born in 1909 in Paris, Died in 1994 in Leucate.
Appointed official painter of the navy in 1947.
Originally intended for the navy, his health forced him to give it up. Georges Fouillé then turned to maritime painting, appointed as the titular painter of the navy, he boarded the Richelieu in 1949.
Fouillé wanted to combine art with historical research. Georges Fouillé brought a historian's precision to his work.
Mr. Fouillé also created lead soldier figurines as well as dioramas and models.
Reference :
258-28020JC