Georges-André Klein

Georges-André Klein was an Orientalist painter born in Paris on December 28, 19011, member of the Société nationale des beaux-arts, and died in Ivry-sur-Seine on October 17, 1992.

It was following his amazed visit to the 1931 International Colonial Exhibition that Georges-André Klein traveled to Morocco, to which he would return in each of the following winters. In 1936, he spent an entire year in Madagascar “which he traveled by car or bush cab, discovering the vibrant colors that had already fascinated him in North Africa”, and from where he visited the islands of Reunion and Mauritius. The Bourse de la Ville de Paris awarded to him in 1937 included a trip, enabling him to set off again in 1938 for a trip that was cut short by the Second World War. Our artist did, however, return to Algeria between 1942 and 19454.

B406a face
B406a face
French Equatorial Africa
B406a (
  • LK531b
  • P-20B
) 5 Francs Bougainville
Louis-Antoine Bougainville; Museum of Joséphine de Beauharnais
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1947)
  • 104 x 56mm
  • Sig 3

  • Watermark: Anchor and Boat

B501a face
B501a face
French Equatorial Africa
B501a (
  • LK539b
  • P-28
) 5 Francs Bougainville
Louis-Antoine Bougainville; Museum of Joséphine de Beauharnais
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1957)
  • 104 x 56mm
  • Sig 1

  • Watermark: Anchor and Boat

B403a face
B403a face
French Guiana
B403a (
  • K.221
  • P-19a
) 5 Francs Bougainville
Louis-Antoine Bougainville; Museum of Joséphine de Beauharnais
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1946)
  • 104 x 56mm
  • Sig 3

  • Watermark: Anchor and Boat

B405a face
B405a face
Guadeloupe
B405a (
  • K.129
  • P-31
) 5 Francs Bougainville
Louis-Antoine Bougainville; Museum of Joséphine de Beauharnais
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1946)
  • 104 x 56mm
  • Sig 3

  • Watermark: Anchor and Boat

(F+B)
(F)
(B)
B405a face
B405a face
Martinique
B405a (
  • K.334
  • P-27a
) 5 Francs Bougainville
Louis-Antoine Bougainville; Museum of Joséphine de Beauharnais
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1946)
  • 104 x 56mm
  • Sig 3

  • Watermark: Anchor and Boat

B404a  face
B404a  face
Reunion
B404a (
  • K.432
  • P-41
) 5 Francs Bougainville
Louis-Antoine Bougainville; Museum of Joséphine de Beauharnais
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1947)
  • 104 x 56mm
  • Sig 3

  • Watermark: Anchor and Boat

(F+B)
(F)
(B)
B508a face
B508a face
St. Pierre and Miquelon
B508a (
  • K.614
  • P-22
) 5 Francs Bougainville
Louis-Antoine Bougainville; Museum of Joséphine de Beauharnais
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1950-60)
  • 104 x 56mm
  • Parchment paper
  • Sig 3
  • Series S.27-U.28

  • Watermark: Anchor and Boat

(F+B)
(F)
(B)

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