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1848 Geneva, Switzerland - 1934 Paris, France. Known for: Bucolic landscape and military scene painting, book illustration.
Pierre Georges Jeanniott was a French painter, designer, watercolourist, and engraver who was born in Geneva, Switzerland, and died in France. He began his artistic studies with his father,... Read full biography
Pierre Georges Jeanniott was a French painter, designer, watercolourist, and engraver who was born in Geneva, Switzerland, and died in France. He began his artistic studies with his father, Pierre-Alexandre Jeanniot (1826-1892), who was a long time director of l''Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Dijon,... Read full biography
Pierre Georges Jeanniott was a French painter, designer, watercolourist, and engraver who was born in Geneva, Switzerland, and died in France. He began his artistic studies with his father, Pierre-Alexandre Jeanniot (1826-1892), who was a long time director of l''Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Dijon, France. From 1866 - 1881, Jeanniot pursued a military career, as an infantry officer whilst continuing to draw. In 1872 he presented a watercolour painting called Intérieur de forêt at Salon de Paris. The... Read full biography
Pierre Georges Jeanniott was a French painter, designer, watercolourist, and engraver who was born in Geneva, Switzerland, and died in France. He began his artistic studies with his father, Pierre-Alexandre Jeanniot (1826-1892), who was a long time director of l''Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Dijon, France. From 1866 - 1881, Jeanniot pursued a military career, as an infantry officer whilst continuing to draw. In 1872 he presented a watercolour painting called Intérieur de forêt at Salon de Paris. The next year he presented the painting Le Vernan à Nass-sous-Sainte-Anne. From then on he was a regular contributor to the Salon. When in 1881, the army offered him the rank of commandant, he resigned to devote himself exclusively to painting. He lived... Read full biography
Pierre Georges Jeanniott was a French painter, designer, watercolourist, and engraver who was born in Geneva, Switzerland, and died in France. He began his artistic studies with his father, Pierre-Alexandre Jeanniot (1826-1892), who was a long time director of l''Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Dijon, France. From 1866 - 1881, Jeanniot pursued a military career, as an infantry officer whilst continuing to draw. In 1872 he presented a watercolour painting called Intérieur de forêt at Salon de Paris. The next year he presented the painting Le Vernan à Nass-sous-Sainte-Anne. From then on he was a regular contributor to the Salon. When in 1881, the army offered him the rank of commandant, he resigned to devote himself exclusively to painting. He lived in Paris and his works from this period represent mainly scenes of military life, for which... Read full biography
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Pierre Georges Jeanniott was a French painter, designer, watercolourist, and engraver who was born in Geneva, Switzerland, and died in France. He began his artistic studies with his father, Pierre-Alexandre Jeanniot (1826-1892), who was a long time director of l''Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Dijon, France.
From 1866 - 1881, Jeanniot pursued a military career, as an infantry officer whilst continuing to draw. In 1872 he presented a watercolour painting called Intérieur de forêt at Salon de Paris. The next year he presented the painting Le Vernan à Nass-sous-Sainte-Anne. From then on he was a regular contributor to the Salon.
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