Still life with apples and roses
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