Landscape by George Guyot, Oil on canvas

Oil on canvas, signed g guyot and dated 1920. Defect on the canvas at the bottom right to resume. George guyot was a famous sculptor and animal painter, A familiar figure of montmartre, georges guyot was the host of the bateau-lavoir from the time of cubism. In 1931, he joined the group of twelve, created by françois pompon and jane poupelet and which brought together sculptors such as marcel lémar, paul jouve, andré margat, jean-claude de saint-marceaux, georges hilbert, or even the painter adrienne jouclard. At the liberation, he was elected mayor of the commune of neuville-sur-oise. Very fashionable in his time, he had to wait until 1970 to have an exhibition devoted solely to his works. He occupied picasso's studio at the bateau-lavoir where he died on the last day of 1972.