Hermine David
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Hermine Lionette Cartan David | |
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Born | Paris, France | April 19, 1886
Died | December 1, 1970 Bry-sur-Marne, France | (aged 84)
Nationality | French |
Known for | Painting |
Spouse |
Jules Pascin (m. 1917–1920) |
Awards | Legion of Honor award (1932)[1] |
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Hermine Lionette Cartan David (19 April 1886 in Paris – 1 December 1970 in Bry-sur-Marne) was a French painter.[1]
Early life and education
Hermine David was born in Paris in 1886. She was born out of wedlock; her mother insisted that her biological father was a Habsburg archduke.
Career
She became one of the Ecole de Paris artists,[1] a group of mostly non-French artists, émigrés particularly from eastern Europe who were working in Paris before World War I. Jules Pascin was another member of that artistic group, whom she met in 1907. By that time, she was already well-established as a successful young painter, miniaturist and printmaker.[citation needed] She followed Pascin to the United States in 1915, where they were married on September 25, 1918. They stayed a total of five years, past the end of World War I. David exhibited in New York City during her residence there.
In 1920, after they returned to France, she exhibited in London and in several solo shows at prominent Paris galleries.[citation needed]
While her finest work dates to the 1920s and '30s,[citation needed] including the book illustrations for which she developed a passion in the '20s, she was active into the 1960s. She won a watercolor prize at the Biennale de Deauville in 1965.[citation needed]
She outlived her husband by forty years after he committed suicide in 1930. She died in 1970 at Bry-sur-Marne.
Her work is included in the collection of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Hermine David Biography". The Annex Galleries. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ^ "Hermine David : woman painter of the early 20th century". Librairie Loliée. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ^ "David, Hermine".
External links
- Hermine David website, (Archives Hermine David).