Firmin-Girard

Peintre et témoin fidèle de la société française de la Belle époque à la première guerre mondiale. Elève de Gleyre et de Gérôme, deuxième Grand Prix de Rome en 1861, il connût très tôt le succès au Salon, exposant une oeuvre variée de la peinture d'Histoire à la peinture de genre, de la peinture de paysages aux scènes naturalistes. Painter and faithful witness of French society from Belle Epoque to the Great War. Pupil of Gleyre and Gérôme, second grand prize of Rome in 1861. He knew very early the success in the Salon, offering a varied work, from the painting of History to that of genre, from the painting of landscape to naturalist scenes.

cropped-thecc81tis-et-achille.jpg

: XIR231755 Marriage in Extremis (oil on canvas) by Firmin-Girard, Marie Francois (1838-1921) oil on canvas Chateau de Compiegne, Oise, France Lauros / Giraudon French, out of copyright

: ‘L’Automne’ Ð autumn scene with woman and dog on steps in front of house, girl on drive holding flowers and umbrella and trees in autumn foliage

: ‘L’Automne’ Ð autumn scene with woman and dog on steps in front of house, girl on drive holding flowers and umbrella and trees in autumn foliage