 Marguerite
Jeanne Carpentier - Tha artist's diary 1930 - 1965 |
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The bull Marguerite Jeanne Carpentier’s diary, running from 1930 till her death in 1965, consists of 12 exercise books illustrated with hundreds of drawings. It informs us on:
It testifies of the struggles of an independent female artist, and the way she tackles major contemporary events such as WW2, Occupation, Liberation, Economical Crisis. It is a document of outstanding interest for the exegesis of her work. |
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Young woman on a bicycle In 1944, Marguerite Jeanne Carpentier gazes by her window at the Parisians rushing to meet the Liberation Army entering the Capital. « I can hear from the south-western distance, the first cannon-shots of the front line… » Diary - Volume V - August 1944 |
