The Dandy of Montmartre: The Vibrant Life of George Bottini In the smoky, neon-lit heart of Belle Époque Paris, where the boundaries between high society and the bohemian underworld were perpetually blurred, lived a man who embodied the very essence of Montmartre. Georges Alfred Bottini, though known to many by the more anglicized George Bottini, was far more than just a painter; he was a self-styled dandy, a creature of the night, an…