Georges-Léo Degorce
French, 1894-1943
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Georges Léo Nicolas Degorce was a French painter and engraver of Belgian
Born to French parents, Georges Degorce studied under Charles Albert Waltner and François Flameng. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1912, receiving an honorable mention in 1913, a bronze medal in 1921, and a travel grant. He also took part in the Salon des Indépendants in 1928 and 1929, exhibiting nudes and landscapes.
He served in the First World War in the air force (1916) and was a member of Squadron 155.
Winner of the Second Grand Prix de Rome for engraving in 1920, he produced around fifteen engravings and also designed French stamps, as well as around thirty for Monaco.
He settled in the Paris region, where he married the daughter of painter Paul Lecomte (1842-1920) and sister of painter Paul-Émile Lecomte (1877-1950).
Georges Degorce died on December 11, 1943, in Moret-sur-Loing.
