Georges Antoine Rochegrosse Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (ʒɔʁʒ ɑ̃twan ʁɔʃɡʁɔs; August 2, 1859 – July 11, 1938) was a French historical and decorative painter. He lived in the XIX–XX centuries, a remarkable figure of French Art Nouveau and Orientalism. Early Life and Education Georges Antoine Rochegrosse was born in Versailles and studied in Paris with Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger. His father abandoned the family during his childhood—he found guidance and intellectual stimulus in his stepfather, Théodore de Banville (1823–1891), a celebrated poet. Banville’s…