"Oil On Panel, The Charette In Town By Léon Georges Calves"
CALVES Léon Georges Born in 1848 in Paris. Died in 1924. Working in Vignory (Haute-Marne)French
Genre painter, wildlife, landscapes, watercolourist.
Pupil of Daubigny, Boulanger and Guillemet. He began at the Salon of 1780 and for a few years exhibited there mainly watercolors. He devoted himself to oil painting and continued to exhibit regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français of which he is a member.
He is an animal painter whose works sometimes recall the best canvases of Troyon.
MUSEUMS: AMIENS: Morning of the grape harvest- CLAMECY: Landscapes and cows- ROUEN: The walnut tree of Charmont – SETE: Sheep grazing.
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