Christophe Thomas Degeorge (1786-1854) Woman With A Fan

Table / oil on canvas, 19th middle representing the portrait of a woman fan in velvet dress in a beautiful frame old gilded wood D'quality restorations down and the bottom of the table are to report, the whole table is in good condition from a beautiful succession of renowned - portraitist Thomas Degeorge was a French painter (born in 1786 Blanzat - death in 1854 in Clermont-Ferrand) A space at Roger Quilliot art museum in Clermont Ferrand is largely devoted. Biography: From childhood to eight years, it is entrusted to a renowned master of drawing in Clermont, Gault Saint-Germain; at twelve, he knows how to make lifelike portraits and executed carefully. At sixteen he joined the school of David. Chabrol, then prefect of the Seine, entrusted the implementation of several paintings for churches in Paris; He painted in fresco allegorical figures for the audience hall of the Paris Commercial Court; he attended Vinchon for the execution of frescoes in the chapel of Saint-Maurice in Saint-Sulpice; Then he left Paris and moved to Clermont. Clermont In this period, he produced numerous portraits of people of the region as Montlosier, mayor of Clermont Blatin Antoine, the first president of Attic Riom Court of Appeal or the General Beker. He also painted figures of rural inspiration Reaper, Little Gleaner. He was a Knight of the Legion of Honor and member of the Academy of Sciences, Literature and Arts of Clermont-Ferrand.