Henri-Jules-Jean Geoffroy known as "Jean," was born in Marennes, France on 1 March 1853 and died in Paris on 15 December 1924. The Geoffroys moved to Paris when Jean was a toddler. As a teen he attended the École des Beaux-Arts and as time passed he studied under Léon Bonnat, Eugène Levasseur, and Adolphe Yvon. He later took lessons from Émile Bin in the 1880s. Geoffroy became a renowned painter of the era and children were his chief subjects. He shared an apartment in Paris with teachers Louis and Julie Girard who had a private school, and later a boarding school, and all the children he encountered inspired his work.
Keywords: Jean Geoffroy; children; tapestry.
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