Jeanne Pelisson-Mallet (1873 in

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– 1961), was a French painter.

Biography

Jeanne Pélisson was a

Post-Impressionist Post-Impressionism (also spelled Postimpressionism) was a predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905, from the last Impressionist exhibition to the birth of Fauvism. Post-Impressionism emerged as a reaction a ...

painter. Beginning as a

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, she moved into a Post-Impressionist style and was affiliated with an art movement known as the

School of Paris The School of Paris (, ) refers to the French and émigré artists who worked in Paris in the first half of the 20th century. The School of Paris was not a single art movement or institution, but refers to the importance of Paris as a centre o ...

. She painted landscapes, still lifes, nudes and portraits. Since 1920s Pelisson exhibited at the

Salon des Tuileries The Salon des Tuileries was an annual art exhibition for painting and sculpture, created June 14, 1923, co-founded by painters Albert Besnard and Bessie Davidson, sculptor Antoine Bourdelle, architect Auguste Perret, and others. The first year's ...

. The painter exhibited at the Salon d'Automne, at the

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. In 1932, another major solo exhibition was held at the Galerie Mallet. In the 1930s, Jeanne was a member and exhibited her works at Femmes Artistes Modernes (F. A. M.). Her husband was Dr Raymond Mallet (1882-1936)

Illustrations

* ''L'Archer (Toulouse); 1932-02'' L'Archer, p.NP; BnF
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References

Notes

* Bénézit, 1976 : Jeanne Pelisson-Mallet

External links

Le Monde illustré, Paris, 1935-01-26, Salon des Indépendants, BnF
portrait

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1935, Galerie "Le Niveau"; BnF
''Comoedia'' (Paris)
Galerie "de Paris", 1936; BnF
Comoedia (Paris), 1942
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