Marie Magdeleine Real del Sarte or Real del Sarte (1853 – 1927) was a French painter and model. Real del Sarte was born in

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as the daughter of

François Delsarte François Alexandre Nicolas Chéri Delsarte (19 November 1811 – 20 July 1871) was a French singer, orator, and coach. Though he achieved some success as a composer, he is chiefly known as a teacher in singing and declamation (oratory). Applie ...

, and attended the

Académie Julian The Académie Julian () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907) that was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number a ...

from 1874 where she was taught by

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and

Jules Lefebvre Jules Joseph Lefebvre (; 14 March 183624 February 1911) was a French figure painter, educator and theorist. Early life Lefebvre was born in Tournan-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne, on 14 March 1836. He entered the École nationale supérieure des Be ...

. She is the blond girl in the middle of

Marie Bashkirtseff Marie Bashkirtseff (born Mariya Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva, russian: Мария Константиновна Башки́рцева; 1858–1884) was a Ukrainian artist from the Russian Empire who worked in Paris, France. She died aged 25. Li ...

's 1881 painting ''In the Studio''. She became a teacher there while still attending classes and married her cousin, the sculptor Louis Désiré Réal on 1 March 1887. After that she began signing her works ''Real del Sarte''. Her son

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became a sculptor. Her painting ''Do You Want to Model?'' was one of the works featured in ''

Women Painters of the World ''Women Painters of the World, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413–1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day'', assembled and edited by Walter Shaw Sparrow, lists an overview of prominent women painters up to 1905, the year of publication. Th ...

'' by

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(1905); one of the first books that treated 19th-century female artists as worthy of serious attention.
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 Her niece

Thérèse Geraldy Thérèse-Marie-Rosine Geraldy (18 June 1884 – 31 July 1965) was a French portrait artist. Life Born at Paris, Geraldy was the daughter of Louis Paul Lucien Geraldy, an artist, by his marriage to Marie-Anne-Elizabeth Delsarte, a drawing mistre ...

was her pupil. Sarte died in Paris. File:Bashkirtseff - In the Studio.jpg, Real del Sarte as central figure in the 1881 painting ''In the Studio'', by

File:"Le Repos" (1890).jpg, Portrait of her mother in 1890 File:Ma bonne.PNG, Portrait of her maid, which was on show at the

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in 1888

External links

Magdeleine Delsarte
at geneanet.org
Album
at Picasaweb

References

Cat. nr. 1395
at the

Paris Salon The Salon (french: Salon), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art ...

1906
work discussed
at the Paris Salon 1892 {{DEFAULTSORT:Real del Sarte, Marie Magdeleine 1853 births 1927 deaths Painters from Paris French women painters French artists' models 19th-century French painters 19th-century French women artists 20th-century French painters 20th-century French women artists Académie Julian alumni