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1865–1931
An art historian, lecturer, and writer, he moved between Paris and New York and devoted much of his work to decorative arts and artists. His surviving papers suggest a curious, visual mind shaped by travel, collecting, and close attention to craftsmanship.
Georges Pélissier (1865–1931) is described by the Getty Research Institute as a cultural advisor and purchasing clerk for Tiffany & Co. in Paris and New York. Getty also notes that he was an art historian and lecturer who published writings on decorative objects, art theory, and artists.
His work appears to have grown out of both scholarship and firsthand looking. According to Getty and the Online Archive of California finding aid for his papers, he traveled extensively and assembled a large collection of photographs covering decorative arts, architecture, and portraits.
That background helps explain the practical, observant tone of the work associated with his name, including studies of decorative objects such as singing bird boxes. Reliable biographical details beyond his professional roles are limited in the sources I could confirm, so this portrait stays close to the archival record.