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Henriette Felicite Robert
Louise advised by the working needle. Exhibition title 1902.

Early 20th Century

$12,172.68
£9,000
€10,988.41
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A$17,797.91
CHF 10,140.61
MX$226,552.22
NOK 116,480.04
SEK 121,530.67
DKK 82,140.66

About the Item

Henriette Louise Robert 1872 - 1938 was a French female painter, her full historical identity generally appears in records as Henriette Louise Robert (with "Félicité" appearing on specific regional salon listings or mixed with historical family lineages). She was a painter and pastellist born in Troyes on 14 February 1872, and she passed away in Paris on 16 June 1938. Her active career directly spanned the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Henriette Robert is most notable not only for her artwork but for her historical role in advocating for women's institutional recognition in the French art World. She was an active member of the Société de l'Union des femmes peintres et sculpteurs (Union of Women Painters and Sculptors), a pioneering organization created in 1881 to promote female artists. Records show she exhibited her paintings at the Union's annual Paris Salons for 15 years, specifically from 1903 to 1918. One of her documented oil on canvas works from this period, which we believe to be this painting, is titled "Louise Conseillée par l'Aiguille Ouvrière" (signed and dated 1902). She actively participated in campaigns demanding that French art institutions recognize women, including the hard-fought institutional battle to allow women to enter the prestigious École Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Because names repeat across generations, art historians and collectors occasionally confuse her records with two other figures: Henriette-Félicité Tassaert (Mme Robert) who was an earlier 18th/19th-century court painter and pastellist (1766–1818). She was born in Paris but married a French lawyer named Louis Robert and spent her career as an honorary member of the Berlin Academy. Because her married name was Henriette Félicité Robert, older art auction indices sometimes cross-reference or conflate the two artists. Henriette Robert (Sèvres Subject). There are famous 1850s photographs and early salt-print portraits in major museums (like the Metropolitan Museum of Art or the Cleveland Museum of Art) titled Henriette Robert. These actually depict the daughter of the famous early French photographer and Sèvres porcelain director, Louis-Rémy Robert. It is highly likely the 1902 turn-of-the-century work from the French Women's Union exhibition is the painting depicted here. This painting is signed and dated , lower right. We believe that this picture is the picture that was exhibited, in February 1902, under the title as shown above, at the Grand Palais Champs Elysees Paris. The name of the exhibition was. 21e Exposition de l'Union des Femmes Peintres et Sculptueurs.
  • Creator:
    Henriette Felicite Robert (1872 - 1938, French)
  • Creation Year:
    Early 20th Century
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 58 in (147.32 cm)Width: 45 in (114.3 cm)Depth: 3.5 in (8.89 cm)
  • Medium:
    Canvas,Oil
  • Period:
    Early 20th Century
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Douglas, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: No. 4711stDibs: LU2373218112892

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