"French Opera House"
Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859 – 1938) 1897
Lithograph, framed with archival black rag mat
8.25 inches (image area, diameter)
16.5 x 17.5 inches (frame)

Born at Versailles in France and a student in Paris. Rochegrosse made his debut at the Paris Salon in 1882 with his piece Vitellis traîné dans les rues de Rome par la populace. His work received a number of noteworthy accolades including the Prix du Salon (1883) and the title of Officer of the Legion of Honor (1892.)

It is also worth mentioning that Rochegrosse's former studio, a church in Paris at 20 bis, rue Chaptal, was later converted by Oscar Méténier in 1897 and would be known as Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol!