Georges Picard

Georges Gabriel Picard (23 December 1857 in Remiremont – 25 January 1943 in Yzeures-sur-Creuse) was a French painter, decorative artist, and illustrator, of Jewish ancestry.

He completed his studies at the Lycée Charlemagne in 1877, then entered the École des Beaux-Arts, where he was a student of Jean-Léon Gérôme for two years.

In 1879, he was noticed by Paul Philippoteaux, who selected him as one of five assistants to help create panoramas, for exhibition in the United States from 1885 to 1887.

That same year, he began a series of decorations, comprising an allegory of the "Glory of Paris", in the Galerie Lobau at the Hôtel de ville.

[1] As a member of the Commission Administrative des Beaux-Arts, he intervened in favor of his friend, René Lalique, at the Salon of 1895.