title: Georges Callot
text: # Georges Callot
  
  Georges Callot (1857–1903) a French artist and educator, known for his nude, allegorical, and genre paintings. He also worked as a decorative painter.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Georges Callot was born 1857 in Paris, France. Callot studied at the École des Arts Décoratifs and then at the École des Beaux-Arts with Louis-Émile Adan.
  
  Callot first participated in the Salon in 1877. In 1890, he joined the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts as a member. Callot taught classes at Académie Delécluse, an atelier-style art school and he was one of the main instructors.
  
  Callot painted, La Philosophie (1903) for the Hôtel de Ville, Paris.
  
  ### Death and legacy
  
  Georges Callot died on 23 June 1903 in Paris. His work can be found in various public museum collections including Art Renewal Center, Châlons-en-Champagne, Musée d'Orsay, among others.
  
  In the Spanish book, Lesbianas, Discursos y Representaciones (2008), Callot is named as one of the many artists that created anti-feminist work. Other artists labeled as having anti-feminist work in the book included Eliseu Visconti, Pierre-Georges Jeanniot, Louis de Schryver, and Joseph Granié [fr].
  
  