Georges Petit was a French art dealer, a key figure in the Paris art world and an important promoter and cultivator of Impressionist artists.
Poster by Maurice Réalier-Dumas (1860–1928) for the 15th "Exposition de la Société internationale de Peinture et de sculpture" at the galerie Georges Petit in Paris in 1897.
March 1900 Announcement in The Studio of the First Exhibition of the Société Nouvelle de Peintres et de Sculpteurs at the Galerie Georges Petit in Paris.
Cattle Drinking is a painting by Constant Troyon, exhibited in 1883 in the galleries of Georges Petit.
The Old Beggar (1916) by Louis Dewis, seen by Petit in 1917 at Le Salon franco-belge at the Bordeaux Public Garden, after which Petit offered Dewis his patronage.
Louis Dewis (1872–1946) was the pseudonym of Belgian Post-Impressionist painter Louis DeWachter, who was also an innovative and highly successful businessman. He helped organize and managed the first department store chain.
Louis Dewis
Maison Dewachter and family residence (above), 36 Rue de St-Cathérine, Bordeaux (2006 photo)
The Old Beggar (Bordeaux, France), 1916, shown at Le Salon franco-belge in 1917, where Dewis's work was first seen by Georges Petit
Dyle Bridge at Mechelen, Belgium, c. 1919
