Marthe Flandrin (1904–1987) was a French artist and painter, specializing in

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s, as at

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, but also producing designs for mosaics and tapestries, such as her 1962 ceiling mosaics for

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in Blois. She was the daughter of the architect Joseph Flandrin (1857–1939) and the artist Jeanne Train (1864–1947). Both her parents were from artistic families ― Joseph's father was the painter

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Bibliography

*''Dictionnaire Bénézit'' *Séverine Muteau, Josette Galiègue, Michèle Lefrançois, Marthe Flandrin, ''catalogue de l'exposition du musée d'art et d'histoire de la Ville d'Avranches'', Éditions Gourcuff-Gradenigo, 2010, 206.p., 600 illustrations. 20th-century French painters 1904 births 1987 deaths {{France-painter-20thC-stub