Georges Villa
2 albums/13 artworks – Elie Georges Marie Villa (1883 – 1965) was born in Montmédy, the Meuse, Lorraine, France on January 24, 1883. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais. Vila was a prolific painter, engraver, lithographer, poster designer, and illustrator of political and sports themes for some of the most prominent newspapers and magazines of his time: Artes et Sports, l’ Assiette au Beurre, Comedia Illustre, etc. He was also a well-known portrait artist whose subjects included aviation, fencing, gastronomy, and aristocratic ladies of the 18th century. He also illustrated books including works by Anatole France, Theophile Gautier, Edgar Allen Poe and Louys Pierre. In the 1920’s Villa was…
