François Géo (1880-1968), The Agile Rabbit In Montmartre, Paris, Oil On Canvas

François Géo (Saint-Gourgan 1880- Paris1968)
Le Lapin Agile à Montmartre, Paris
Oil On Canvas
38 x 46 cm
Signed lower left; Géo François
Good condition - to be cleaned - some small pin holes on the edge - without frame

Has a label on the reverse: Geo François 4 rue Aumont Thieville 17' "Le Lapin Agile" Hiver Montmartre Has a stamp from the Direction des Beaux Arts de la ville de Paris on the reverse A traveling painter, François Géo traveled the Antilles, Cuba, North Africa, the Congo... Here he represents the famous Lapin Agile, a cabaret and essential place of bohemian life in Montmartre. On the reverse is affixed a cartouche bearing the address of his studio in the 17th arrondissement, where he died in 1968.