Alfred Guillou (1844 1926) French painter Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers

Thank you all for viewing and comments All the best Alfred Guillou (12 September 1844, Concarneau 1926, Concarneau) was a French painter of Breton heritage. His father was a fisherman and farmer who served as mayor of Concarneau for fifteen He received his first art lessons from the lithographer Théodore Le Monnier (18151888), who was visiting Concarneau. On his advice, Guillou moved to Paris in 1862, where he attended the Académie Suisse for a short time, then found a position in the workshop of Alexandre While there, he met Jules BastienLepage, Fernand Cormon and Théophile Deyrolle, who he convinced to give up architecture and join him at Cabanel s Music:Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers