François Furet (1842-1919) Oil On Canvas Portrait Of A Child Late 19th Early 20th

Portrait of a child, oil on canvas by François Furet, renowned Swiss painter born in Geneva in 1842 and died in the same city in 1919.
Signed lower right.
Good condition.
Recent frame in gilded wood.
Dimensions without frame : 46 X 38 cm.
Dimensions with frame : 53 X 45 cm.
François Francis Furet, of French origin, has spent his entire artistic career in Geneva. Pupil of Barthélémy Menn, he devoted himself to landscape and decorative painting; he is the author of a large panorama of the Swiss Alps.
François Furet is a member of "Emules" (Auguste Baud-Bovy, Edmond Ravel, Hugues Bovy, Léon Gaud).
First exhibition in Geneva in 1861. He frequented the Bovy phalanstery in Gruyères, met Corot there, shared a studio with Baud-Bovy which brought together famous emigrants, including Gustave Courbet, a political emigrant in Switzerland.
Participation in the decoration of the Grand Théâtre de Genève (1879), diorama of the Blümlisalp (1886), panorama of Baud-Bovy (1891-1892).
Medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1889, Legion of Honor in 1896.
Exhibits frequently in Geneva (1861-1898).