|
Jenny Zillhardt
Jenny Zillhardt or Marguerite Valentine (16 March 1857 – February 1939) was a French painter. BiographyMarguerite-Valentine-Jenny Zillhardt (Jenny Zillhardt) was born at Saint-Quentin in the Aisne department of France. She began studying painting in 1877 at the Académie Julian in Paris, alongside Louise Catherine Breslau and Marie Bashkirtseff.[1] She studied under Tony Robert-Fleury. She first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1878 with a work entitled Deux amis. From that time forward, her frequent participation in the Salon garnered her several sales.[2] Zillhardt was part of the French female group of artists whose work was represented at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, an exhibit in the Woman's Building.[3] Her works were included in the collections of the Musée d'Orsay,[4] the museum of Langres, and the museum of Saint-Quentin.[5] She was made an officer of public instruction (officier de l'instruction publique) in 1910,[6] and received the Legion of Honor (chevalier de la légion d'honneur) in 1930.[7] Her painting Régalez-vous mesdames was included in the 1905 work of British art historian Walter Shaw Sparrow, Women Painters of the World.[8] Zillhardt died in February 1939[1] at Neuilly-sur-Seine.[2] She was the sister of Madeleine Zillhardt, model and companion of Louise Catherine Breslau. CollectionsZillhardt's work is held in the following public collection:
Gallery
References
External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jenny Zillhardt.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
