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Jeanne Selmersheim-Desgrange (1877–1958) was a French neo-impressionist painter who used the art technique of pointillism with her main themes of flowers and gardens. Her painting, ''Garden at La Lune, Saint-Tropez'' (1909), shows her signature use of “high-key colors and block-like strokes.”
Some of her oil on canvas works are
''Garden at La Hune, Saint Tropez'' (1909) (Image on Right),
''The Flowers'',
''In the Garden'' (1909),
''Table blanche, vue sur Saint-Tropez'' (c. 1930),
''The Garden'',
''Afternoon Tea'',
''Flowers in the Window'', and
''Bouquet of Flowers''.
Selmersheim-Desgrange, raised in a family of artists and architects, became an art student of
Jeanne Selmersheim-Desgrange (1877–1958) was a French neo-impressionist painter who used the art technique of pointillism with her main themes of flowers and gardens. Her painting, ''Garden at La Lune, Saint-Tropez'' (1909), shows her signature use of “high-key colors and block-like strokes.”
Some of her oil on canvas works are
''Garden at La Hune, Saint Tropez'' (1909) (Image on Right),
''The Flowers'',
''In the Garden'' (1909),
''Table blanche, vue sur Saint-Tropez'' (c. 1930),
''The Garden'',
''Afternoon Tea'',
''Flowers in the Window'', and
''Bouquet of Flowers''.
Selmersheim-Desgrange, raised in a family of artists and architects, became an art student of Paul Signac
Paul Victor Jules Signac ( , ; 11 November 1863 – 15 August 1935) was a French Neo-Impressionist painter who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style.
Biography
Paul Signac was born in Paris on 11 November 1863. ...
and later, in 1910, his companion. At the time, Signac was married to Bertha (Robles), and Selmersheim-Desgrange was married to Pierre Desgrange with whom she had three children. In September 1912, Signac and Selmersheim-Desgrange moved to a rented villa in Cap d’Antibes, France and in October 1912 she gave birth to their daughter Ginnette Laurie Anaiis.
In July 1961, Selmersheim-Desgrange’s painting, ''The Flowers'', was one of 57 modern art paintings stolen from the Annonciade Museum of Modern Art in Saint-Tropez, France.57 Paintings Stolen on French Rivera. (1961, July 15). The New York Times, p. 1
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External links
*http://www.imamuseum.org Indianapolis Museum of Art {{DEFAULTSORT:Selmersheim-Desgrange, Jeanne 1877 births 1958 deaths 20th-century French painters