Georges Lefebvre (1887-1962)
[G. Lefebvre]

Pupil of:

his father and Gerome

In ancient mythology, when they had tutelary deities for nearly everything in nature, the riverside was not forgotten. There were two great classes of nymphs, one of the woods and theother of the streams. The riverside nymphs were of an amphibious nature, partaking of the characteristics of both. It is such a fabled beauty whom the artist depicts, slumbering beside the stream whose shore is under her special guardianship. Georges Lefebvre is the son of an artist and was born at Cezy in the Department of Vonne. He received his preliminary education from his father, and was, when sufficiently advanced, sent to Paris to study under Gerome.

[Not to be confused with the French historian, Georges Lefebvre (1874-1959)]

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