~ The life of Jacqueline Marval, part III ~

In 1913, Marval protested against the removal from the Salon d'Automne of Kees van Dongen's The Spanish Shawl, and became friends with Van Dongen, setting up her studio near his. Marval and Flandrin moved into 40 rue Denfert Rochereau, which was next door to Van Dongen in 1914.

Marval's works began to be recognized across Europe and beyond; she exhibited in Barcelona, Liège, Venice, Zurich, Budapest, and Kyoto.

All along her life, Jacqueline Marval will show at the occasion of Parisian Salons where her works (and herself) will be greatly remarked. If her outstanding personality makes her one of a kind, it is thanks to her talent that Marval has a voice and influence. She will even be asked to produce the posters, illustrate the invitation cards and the catalogue covers for Parisian salons: Salon d’Automne, Bal de l’Amicale aux Artistes…

During her lifetime, Marval refused to exhibit in all-female exhibitions; yet, after her death, her career and work was celebrated in one.

Painting : Les Coquettes

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~ The life of Jacqueline Marval, part II ~

Vallet's first works were rejected from the 1900 Salon des Indépendants, but she succeeded in having a dozen paintings shown in that exhibition the following year, in 1901. Marval’s first participation at the Salon des Indépendants marks the beginning of her career as a painter. Ambroise Vollard buys ten paintings from her, including Odalisque au Guépard (1900), her nude self-portrait. The famous art dealer will buy and sell Jacqueline Marval’s works for about ten years, succeeded by Eugène Druet and Berthe Weill.

Jacqueline Marval and her friends Henri Matisse, Albert Marquet and her companion Jules Flandrin show their work for the first time in a gallery at Berthe Weill’s, a unique female galerist at the beginning of the century, who was particularly interested in promoting the works of female artists living in Paris. In those days, she was, with Ambroise Vollard, one of the only galleries that would show young contemporary artists.

Between 1901 and 1905, Marval worked frequently alongside Henri Matisse, Albert Marquet, and Flandrin, and the four influenced each other. Marval also exhibited in the first Salon d'Automne, in 1902, where she showed her large scale painting The Odalisques.

In 1913, Marval was chosen by a jury made up of Gabriel Astruc, the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle, and the painters Maurice Denis and Édouard Vuillard to decorate the foyer of the new Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. She created a series of twelve paintings on the theme of Daphnis and Chloe.

Painting : L'Odalisque au guépard

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~ The life of Jacqueline Marval, part I ~

Jacqueline Marval (real name : Marie Josephine Vallet; 1866–1932) was a French painter, lithographer and sculptor.

She was born near Grenoble, France, into a family of teachers. She was married in 1866 to Albert Valentin, but separated from her husband in 1891 after the death of her six month old son. Jacqueline Marval doesn’t want her marital life anymore and must provide for herself

She moved to Grenoble and worked as a seamstress sewing waistcoats before moving to Paris in 1900. It was in 1900 when Vallet took on the pseudonym Jacqueline Marval, "Marval" being the composite of her first and last name "MARie VALlet."

In 1894, Marval met the painter François Joseph Girot and began living with him in Paris, where she was introduced to Les Nabis group. Girot introduced her to Jules Flandrin, another painter and a student of Gustave Moreau. The two fell in love, and Marval left Girot to move in with Flandrin in Rue Campagne-Première, in the Montparnasse area. She would live with him as his companion for 30 years. She meets Matisse, Van Dongen, Marquet, Picasso, Manguin, Camoin… Lots of them, impressed by her strong character and her outstanding personality, will become her friends.

As an artist, Jacqueline Marval worked primarily as a painter; however, she also made lithographs, watercolours, pastels, engravings, tapestry designs and experimented with sculpture. Jacqueline Marval starts painting spontaneously. Lively, she brushes out landscapes on cigar-box lids to show her friends, Gustave Moreau’s atelier students a direct painting, without any embellishment.

Painting : Portrait by Jules Flandrin

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Tobias and Sara on their Wedding Night, unknown maker, probably from a cloister in Cologne, Germany, ca. 1520, clear and coloured glass with painted details and silver stain, 729 x 795 mm, Victoria and Albert Museum. More in Alt. #arthistory #Art #stainedglass

The exquisite "Vrouw met een paraplu" graces the Rijksmuseum, capturing a moment in time with an air of elegance and mystery. What stories might this anonymous woman hold beneath her umbrella?
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https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/RP-F-2001-7-1570-16