Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marie Lucas Robiquet

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The result was keep. Not an overwhelming case, but the consensus is to keep.Mojo Hand (talk) 00:39, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Marie Lucas Robiquet

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Unsourced biography of a person of unknown notability. Apparently, Mary Healy - Art Historian used this as more of a soapbox for her own research. bender235 (talk) 14:05, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm yes. I trimmed the article of its promotional content. I found one relevant mention of her in Google Books; there's more in French books, but Google doesn't give up French contents easily. But JSTOR has nothing to offer, so notability is indeed questionable. Perhaps editors like JNW or Mandarax have anything to offer? Drmies (talk) 14:16, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- That was funny; at least we knew what an art historian was up to. Otherwise this is problematic, as, per Drmies, there's very little to be found in English. However, online auction records show some of her paintings selling in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, which suggests notability. Unfortunately, lacking more in depth reliable sources, deletion seems inevitable. Anyone else find references? JNW (talk) 16:09, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  - Wow. Nice work if you can get it, JNW. Maybe you should start painting more Orientalist kind of stuff, instead of dogs and nekkid women. Drmies (talk) 16:49, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    - Nah. Orientalist painting is only desirable if it's from the 1800s. The nude's always in season. The problem must be me. I found a few more mentions at Google Books, just using first and last names and adding 'painting' or 'artist', but still thin stuff. JNW (talk) 17:05, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    - A reference, pages 59-60 [1]. Another, with image [2] Biographical information hard to come by so far...JNW (talk) 20:00, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    - Her bio can be found at several commercial sites, like [3]. I usually steer away from these--any takers? JNW (talk) 02:01, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Weak Keep I'm not an art expert but reading her bio found by JNW[4]

(exhibition) regularly exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1879 (Société des Artistes Français)

(exhibition) Colonial Society of French Artists

(exhibition) Salon of the Society of French Orientalist Painters

(exhibition) in Marseille in 1906 and 1922

(award) Order of the Legion of Honour

(award) third class medal in 1894

(award) second class medal in 1905

Per WP:ARTIST 4b, "(b) has been a substantial part of a significant exhibition", for her time the Salon was very significant and "regularly". Can't verify the Legion of Honour. Don't know what the medals are. (just noticed she lived to 101, possibly some French obits and write ups in old age) -- Green Cardamom (talk) 20:38, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 02:59, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep She is notable enough to pass the rules for artists.John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:15, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 02:40, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - based on the strong market for her paintings, both at major public auctions (such as Christie's) and in private sales. I was shocked at the prices her works have garnered. Even if she was a nobody (which is unlikely), she is notable today. Bearian (talk) 17:55, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.