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Georges Achille Fould

Georges Achille-Fould
Born 24 August 1868
Asnières-sur-Seine
Died 24 August 1951(1951-08-24) (aged 83)
Brussels
Nationality France

Georges Achille-Fould or George-Achille Fould-Stirbey (24 August 1868 – 24 August 1951) was a French painter.

Achille-Fould was born in Asnières-sur-Seine as the daughter of the actress Josephine Wilhelmine Valérie Simonin, better known under her pseudonym Gustave Haller, and politician Gustave-Eugène Fould (one of the Fould family bankers). She was adopted along with her sister, the painter Consuelo Fould, by the Prince Stirbey. Her painting Courtship was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World. Achille-Fould died in Brussels.

Rosa Bonheur in her atelier, 1893

Courtship (b&w photo of painting, 1905)



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