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40. Hunting the DEER

Artist: Georges WASHINGTON, French, (1827 - 1910)
Execution date (approximate): 1887
Téchnique: Oil on Canvas, (signed lower left)
Measures: 62 x 51 cm.
Description: The Hunting of the Deer, A Hunter rinding on an Arab Horse, These images
which are very appreciated in the Orientalist Paintings. A beautiful Hunting scene. A man
riding a horse and hunting a deer, with other hunters in the back.

Biography
Georges Washington was a French painter. At his birth his father named him under the
American Hero whom he admired a lot. He was a painter of genre, portraits, typical
subjects, hunting scenes, horses and a great Orientalist. He was a student of Picot. From
1857, he participated at the exhibitions of The Salon des Artistes Français during 50 years.
He obtained many medals. He travelled to Algeria, Morocco, then Hungry, Bulgaria, Turkey,
Armenia, and the Caucase. His paintings are views of Algeria, Morocco, and include many
scenes with horses. He travelled to Moscow, where he sold many of his paintings. His
paintings are exhibited in the Museums of Dunkerque, Lille, Limoge, and Sête.

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