| LC control no. | nr 97029022 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Charmy, Emilie, 1878-1974 |
| Variant(s) | Barret, Émilie Espérance, 1878-1974 |
| Associated place | Lyon (France) |
| Located | Paris (France) |
| Birth date | 18780402 |
| Death date | 1974 |
| Place of birth | Saint-Etienne (Loire, France) |
| Place of death | Paris (France) |
| Field of activity | Impressionism (Art) Post-impressionism (Art) Avant-garde (Aesthetics) Fauvism École de Paris |
| Profession or occupation | Artists Painters Women artists Women painters |
| Found in | Emilie Charmy, 1878-1974, 1991: p. 9 (b. in St. Etienne; d. in Paris) Dictionary of women artists, 1985 (Charmy, Emilie; b. 1878, Saint Etienne, France; d. 1974, Paris) LC in RLIN, August 12, 1997 (MLC hdg.: Charmy, Emilie, 1878-1974; usage: Emilie Charmy) Émilie Charmy, 2013: title-page (Émilie Charmy) page 15 (born Émilie Espérance Barret, April 2, 1878; moved to Lyon and adopted pseudonymous surname Charmy) Charmy, via WWW, May 9, 2014 (Émilie Charmy; moved to Lyon at the age of 5, took lessons with painter Jacques Martin (1860-1937); painted domestic scenes as well as traditionally male avant-garde subjects such as prostitutes and brothel interiors; moved to Paris; was influenced by Fauve painters Henri Matisse and Charles Camoin; exhibited in Paris with Berthe Weill; from World War I onwards painted in School of Paris style; favored the female nude, also an unusual subject for a woman artist; was both adored by and confounding to critics; friend of the novelist Colette; exhibit history spanning six decades; still painting at the time of her death) <http://www.emiliecharmy.org/index.php/resources> Archives Emilie Charmy (English), via WWW, May 10, 2014 (Emilie Charmy; moved to Paris permanently in 1910; met George Bouche 1912; had son Edmond Bouche 1915; married Geoge Bouche 20 years later; prominent in Paris art scene throughout 1910s and 20s; exhibited often and in prestigious Paris galleries until retiring after World War II; largely forgotten by critics until after her death) <http://emiliecharmy.fr/en/biography.php> Wikipedia, May 9, 2014 (Émilie Charmy; received Chevalier of the Legion of Honor award; married George Bouche in 1935) Getty union list of artist names, via WWW, May 19, 2014 (Emilie Charmy (French painter, 1878-1974), artist, painter) |
| Associated language | fre |
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