Adeline Oppenheim Guimard
Adeline Oppenheim Guimard | |
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 Adeline Oppenheim Guimard with Hector Guimard | |
| Born | 1872 |
| Died | 1960 |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Painting |
| Style | Portrait painting |
| Spouse | Hector Guimard (1909-1942; his death) |
Adeline Oppenheim Guimard (1872 – 1960) was an American painter noted for her portraits in gouache and colored crayons.[1]
Life and work
She trained in Paris, where she became a pupil of Albert Maignan, and her painting Romeo and Juliet was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.[2]
In 1909 she married the architect and designer Hector Guimard, and the couple moved into his Art Deco residence at Hôtel Guimard on avenue Mozart in Paris, decorated with furniture he designed himself.
She returned to live in New York City during World War II and after her husband's death in 1942 spent years collating their collection and associated papers. She donated many artifacts to various museums and the papers to the New York Library.[1]
Works
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Romeo and Juliet, 1900 -
Dining room designed by her husband for Hôtel Guimard -
Hôtel Guimard
References
- ^ a b Adeline Oppenheim Guimard papers 1902-1953 in New York Public Library archives
- ^ Women painters of the world, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day, by Walter Shaw Sparrow, The Art and Life Library, Hodder & Stoughton, 27 Paternoster Row, London, 1905
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