Yvonne Emma Diéterle (18821974) was a sculptor and painter from Paris. She was known as Yvonne Diéterle-Laurens after her marriage.

Biography

Diéterle was from a family of artists; her grandfather was

Jules Diéterle Jules Diéterle (8 February 1811 – 22 April 1889) was a 19th-century French architect, also a draftsman, painter, painter on porcelain, sculptor and theatre decorator. Biography Born in Paris, Diéterle, son of Jean Georges Diéterle,Fr ...

. She first studied art with her father, then at the

École Duperré The Duperré School of Applied Arts is a public college of art and design. The school is located in the Rue Dupetit-Thouars, in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, near the Carreau du Temple, in the heart of Le Marais. Duperré School trains stude ...

, where her teachers included

Fernand Pelez Fernand Pelez (January 18, 1843 – August 7, 1913) was a French painter of Spanish origin who worked in Paris. Pelez portrayed social issues in a realistic style. Biography Pelez was born in Paris. His father, Fernand Pelez de Cordova (182 ...

. She first exhibited artwork 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 ...

in 1899, when she was only 17 years old. Her talent as a portrait painter led to her 1903 induction into the

Société des Artistes Français The Société des Artistes Français (, meaning "Society of French Artists") is the association of French painters and sculptors established in 1881. Its annual exhibition is called the "Salon des artistes français" (not to be confused with the ...

, when she was 21. In a 1912 inventory of French sculptors by the

Royal Institute of British Architects The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three suppl ...

, she and

Fanny Marc Fanny Marc (18581937) was a French sculptor. She was born Estelle Odile Fanny Legendre on May 22, 1858, in Paris and lived in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, where a street, rue Fanny Marc, is named for her. Marc studied under sculptors Alexandre Falgui ...

were the only two women. The author of the inventory,

Henry Heathcote Statham Henry Heathcote Statham (11 January 1839 - 29 May 1924)
, ''Hymntime''. Accessed: 3 September 2015. was an Engl ...

, judged her ''Sommeil'' as one of the best works of the Salon of 1903. This sculpture is now in the Beaux-Arts museum of Rouen. Diéterle directed the creation of the

frescos Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...

and

stained glass windows Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant religious buildings. Although tradition ...

in the Notre-Dame-du-Calvaire church in the Paris suburb of

Châtillon, Hauts-de-Seine Châtillon () is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. The town was formerly named ''Châtillon-sous-Bagneux'', and a relic of this denomination remains in at least one road sign in Van ...

in the 1920s and 1930s. She painted a portrait of singer

Marya Freund Marya Freund (12 December 1876 – 21 May 1966) was a Polish-born French soprano. Career She studied violin with Pablo de Sarasate, then singing with Henri Criticos and Raymond Zur Mühlen. In 1913 she took part in the creation of Arnold Sch� ...

, who was hiding in Diéterle's home, fleeing the

Nazi occupation of France The Military Administration in France (german: Militärverwaltung in Frankreich; french: Occupation de la France par l'Allemagne) was an interim occupation authority established by Nazi Germany during World War II to administer the occupied zo ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dieterle, Yvonne 1882 births 1974 deaths 20th-century French women artists Painters from Paris French women sculptors French sculptors French women painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century women painters