Léon-Germain Pelouse

OctLéon Germain Pelouse was born on October 1, 1838, in Pierrelaye, France.¹

In 1849, Pelouse's family moved to Paris.¹

Léon Germain Pelouse began his professional painting career at the age of twenty-seven, with his work accepted and exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1865.¹

During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, Léon Germain Pelouse enlisted in the national guard.¹

SepLéon Germain Pelouse married Lucy-Alexandrine Fossey on September 8, 1874.¹

In 1876, his Une Coupe de bois à Senlisse received a first-class medal, a reward which for thirty years had not been given to a landscape painter.¹

JulLéon Germain Pelouse died on July 31, 1891, at the age of 52 in Paris.¹