To the Teacher:
Subjects for Compositions
What I See in This Picture.
A Visit to the Schoolroom.
Why I Should Like to Go to This School.
Why I Like Our Own School Best.
An Imaginary Painting of Our School.
The story of the artist. Mr. Jean Geoffroy is still living in this little village called Marennes, near the school of which he has painted so many pictures. He is very fond of children, and counts them among his best friends. A large number of the pictures Geoffroy has painted are of children. He does not often paint the children of wealth and fashion, preferring instead to paint the little sons and daughters of the poorer, hard-working people.
His pictures always tell a story, and tell it so plainly that they do not need titles. They have brought him great praise and many honors, but he is a modest man and we know very little about his life.
He signs his paintings “Geo.”