Georges Achille-Fould
portrait by Léon Comerre
Born24 August 1868
Asnières-sur-Seine, France
Died24 August 1951(1951-08-24) (aged 83)
Brussels, Belgium

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 (son of Achille Fould and member of the Fould family bankers). She was adopted along with her sister, the painter Consuelo Fould, by the Prince Stirbey. She and her sister were mentored by Rosa Bonheur, and she painted Bonheur's portrait in 1893.[1] Her painting Courtship was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.[2] Her work was also part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[3]

Achille-Fould died in Brussels.

References

  1. ^ Hewitt, Catherine (2020). Art is a Tyrant: The Unconventional Life of Rosa Bonheur. London: Icon Books. ISBN 9781785786228.
  2. ^ Women painters of the world, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day, by Walter Shaw Sparrow, The Art and Life Library, Hodder & Stoughton, 27 Paternoster Row, London, 1905
  3. ^ "Georges Achille-Fould". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
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