Helene de Beauvoir Art

Artist: Helene de Beauvoir (French 1910-2001) Title: Unknown Date: Unknown Edition size: 30. This one: 3/30 Medium: Etching Plate size: 11.5 x 8 in. (29 x 20.4 cm) Sheet size: 22 x 15 in. (56 x 38 cm) Framed size: 24.5 x 18 in. (62.2 x 45.8 cm) This etching is in very good condition. It is framed in a simple silver wood frame and matted with a simple acid-free mat. Hélène de Beauvoir was a French painter. She was the younger sister of philosopher Simone de Beauvoir. Her art was exhibited in Europe, Japan, and the US. She married Lionel de Roulet. When Hélène de Beauvoir lived in Goxwiller, a village near Strasbourg, she became president of the center for battered women. She continued painting until she was 85. Her paintings were related to feminist philosophy and women's issues. Source: Wikipedia Partial List of Exhibitions: 1936 First exhibition in Paris, Galerie Bonjean rue d'Argenson. 1936 - 1955 Group or private exhibitions in Lisbon, Paris, Milan, Turin, Berlin. 1955 Participation in the FRANCE ITALIE exhibition in Turin. 1957 Milan, Galleria del Millione, Firenze Galerie numero, Venezia, Galleria del Cavallino. Musèe de Pistoia private exhibition. 1957 - 1960 Painting exhibition in Paris, Galerie Synthèse. Participation in the May fair. 1960 - 1966 Exhibitions in Frankfurt, Mexico, Cinquale (Italy). 1967 Painting exhibition at Galerie Nouvelles Images in The Hague. Publication of “The broken woman” by Simone de Beauvoir illustrated with 16 burins by Hélène de Beauvoir. On this occasion a film was shot in Goxwiller's studio by Canadian television. Exhibition of burins and watercolors at the Galarie Kieffer bookstore in Paris and at the Galerie Tandwerlin Strasbourg. 1968 Burins and watercolors at the Galerie Einaudi in Milan. Chisels and watercolors at the “Die Insel” Gallery in Hamburg. Participation in the exhibition “Prix Marzotto” presented in Valdagno, Prague, Stoccards, Amersfoort, Vienna, Paris. Painting exhibition in Tokyo, Nanteshi Gallery. Japanese television...