Pierre-Georges Jeanniot

1848 - 1934

Pierre-Georges Jeanniot was a late nineteenth and early twentieth century Swiss-French Impressionist painter, designer, watercolorist, and engraver who was born in Geneva, Switzerland. He was taught by his father Pierre-Alexandre Jeanniot, who for a long time was director of the art college in Dijon. Pierre-Georges embarked on a military career and in 1881, after the army offered him the rank of commandant, he resigned to devote himself exclusively to his painting, which he had been doing continuously through his military career. He first exhibited his paintings and watercolours at the Paris Salon of 1872, his earliest works consisted mainly of scenes of military life, although later he made his name portraying Parisian women during the 'Belle Époque'.

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