Georges Louis Picard - Artist Info

About Georges Louis Picard

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    Georges Louis Picard, known as Georges Picard, born in Remiremont (Vosges) on December 23, 1857 and died in 1943 in Yzeures-sur-Creuse, is a French painter, decorator and illustrator. The son of Abraham Picard and his wife, born Rosalie Gougenheimer, Georges Picard comes from a wealthy Jewish family.

    Of Vosgian origin, he finished his studies at Lycée Charlemagne in Paris. In 1877 he entered the School of Fine Arts where he was a student of Jean-Léon Gérôme for two years. He stayed in the United States in 1885 and 1887. He executed the decorations of the Lobau Gallery of Paris City Hall from 1891 to 1898.

    Member of the Administrative Commission of Fine Arts, he intervenes in favor of the work of his friend René Lalique for t...

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