Virginie Géo-Rémy
In this painting, we see a young blond woman in a low-cut green dress, seated and seen from behind, holding in her right hand an open fan, whose rich ornamentation she considers, while with her left hand she secures a tortoiseshell comb in the twist of her hair.
Virginie Géo-Rémy, who created this painting, was a French painter and pastel artist. We do not know much about her artistic life; she won local artistic competitions and her pastels and portraits were present at local exhibitions. In 1904, she was appointed professor of drawing at the regional school of fine arts in Nantes, where she taught visual perspective and ornament in the young girls' section. She retired in 1923 for health reasons. She didn't have a massive career. But March is Women's History Month and we want to show you relatively forgotten women artists; we hope you like this charming painting.
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