Georges d'Espagnatartist • painterParijs 1870-1959 (plaats overlijden onbekend)

George d'Espagnat painted nudes, genre scenes, still lifes, landscapes and religious scenes in bright colours and an expressive style, with which he found a connection with both the Impressionists and the Fauvists. He attached great importance to free artistic development and therefore only briefly studied at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. He preferred a course at the free academies in Montparnasse. Around 1900 he befriended famous French impressionists such as Maurice Denis, Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard. D'Espagnat participated in most Paris salons and received official recognition when he was appointed professeur chef d' atelier at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1934.