Georges Washington

[citation needed] Washington's initial studies were with François-Edouard Picot, a history painter.

In 1884 Washington's father-in-law, the battle painter Félix Philippoteaux, died and left him a modest apartment in Montmartre.

Shortly after, he sold several paintings at the Hôtel Drouot, in an effort to raise money for a farm in Brittany, but he was not successful.

He received a new commission that required him to work in New York City, but things did not go well and he returned under difficult financial circumstances.

He continued to paint a bit more, at his studio in Montmartre, then retired to Douarnenez to live with his daughter and son-in-law.