Georges Achille-Fould or George-Achille Fould-Stirbey (24 August 1868 – 24 August 1951) was a French painter. Achille-Fould was born in

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as the daughter of the actress Josephine Wilhelmine Valérie Simonin, better known under her pseudonym Gustave Haller, and politician Gustave-Eugène Fould (one of the

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bankers). She was adopted along with her sister, the painter

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, by the Prince Stirbey. Her painting ''Courtship'' was included in the 1905 book ''

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''. Her work was also part of the painting event in the art competition at the

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. Achille-Fould died in

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. File:Rosa Bonheur dans son atelier par Fould.jpg, ''

Rosa Bonheur Rosa Bonheur (born Marie-Rosalie Bonheur; 16 March 1822 – 25 May 1899) was a French artist known best as a painter of animals ( animalière). She also made sculpture in a realist style. Her paintings include '' Ploughing in the Nivernais'', fi ...

in her atelier'', 1893 File:Georges Achille-Fould - Courtship.jpg, ''Courtship'' (b&w photo of painting, 1905)

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