Georges Jeannin

Georges Jeannin

1841 – 1925

 

Georges Jeannin was a Parisian still life and flower painter.


Having studied under Vincelet, he began exhibiting at the Paris Salon from 1875. Jeannin, in collaboration with Cesbron, decorated the Paris Hotêl de Ville’s Salon de Passage.

Many of Jeannin’s flower paintings were purchased by the State and he was awarded many prizes of excellence throughout his career.

 

Georges Jeannin was the chairman of the Société des Peintres de Fleurs, was made a member of the Sociétaire des Artistes Français in 1887 and a Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur in 1903.

 

Museums:

Beziers

Cambrai

Epinal

Mulhouse

Nancy

Paris (Petit Palais)

Rochefort

Rouen

Valenciennes

The Hague