ArtistScott, Georges Bertin

Artist Years1873-1943

Artist NationalityFrench

TitleNellie

Year1922

MediumDrawing > Mixed Media

Dimensions23 X 16 inches
Charcoal and white chalk on wove paper, signed and dated lower right. Portrait of the artist's wife, Nellie Martyl (1884-1953), a French soprano opera singer.

Accession NumberRC1313

NotesGeorges Bertin Scott (10 June 1873 – 10 January 1943) was a French war correspondent and illustrator for the French magazine L'Illustration during the early 20th century. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He produced paintings of the Balkan Wars and the First World War, and also covered and illustrated scenes from the Spanish Civil War and the early Second World War. One of his works, an oil painting of his depicting King Constantine I of Greece during the Balkan Wars hangs in main entry hall of the Presidential Palace in Athens. In 1909 Scott married French singer Nelly Martyl, who served as a nurse during the First World War, and was awarded the Croix de Guerre.
(source: wikipedia.org)