Georges Fouillé: Horse Hunter Officer Of The Imperial Guard, First Empire.

GEORGES FOUILLÉ, Navy painter. (1909-1994): PEDESTRIAN, HORSE-HUNTER OFFICER OF THE IMPERIAL GUARD, First Empire. 14186-28020JC Signed Georges Fouillé (with the anchor of the marine painters) on the top of the base. No. 14186 lead figurine. Height with base 21 cm. France. XX°. Very good condition, small oxidation on the pelisse. BIOGRAPHY: EXCAVATED Georges, Jean, Clément. Born in 1909 in Paris, Died in 1994 in Leucate. Appointed official painter of the navy in 1947. Initially intended for the navy, his health forced him to give it up. Georges Fouillé then turned to maritime painting, appointed titular painter of the navy, he embarked on the Richelieu, in 1949. Fouillé wanted to combine art with historical research. Georges Fouillé brings a historian's precision to his work. Mr. Fouillé also made figurines of toy soldiers as well as dioramas and models.