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