- Georgette Agutte
Georgette Agutte (
17 May 1867 –5 September 1922 ) was a French painter.She was the daughter of
Jean Georges Agutte . In 1893 she joinedGustave Moreau 's classes as a free pupil, and retained his teachings on the freedom of mind and independence. She also met Matisse andGeorges Rouault among others.Agutte was a non-comformist and the only woman to attend the
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts . She was a member of the Fauvist movement and a sculptor. Her studio was inBonnières-sur-Seine .In 1888, she married the critic
Paul Flat . After her divorce in 1894, she marriedMarcel Sembat in 1897.From 1904 on, she exhibited at the
Salon des Indépendants and participated in theSalon d'Automne .After her husband's death she wrote on a note: "Voilà douze heures qu’il est parti. Je suis en retard" ("He left 12 hours ago, I'm late") and committed suicide, dying in
Chamonix on5 September 1922. Knowing the importance of their collection, the Conservator of the Museum ofGrenoble , Andry-Farcy, made every effort to obtain it. A retrospective was presented at the end of December 2003.A street is named after her in the
XVIIIe arrondissement inParis .
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