Jeanne Rij-Rousseau facts for kids
Jeanne Rij-Rousseau (born June 10, 1870 – died October 22, 1956) was a French Cubist painter. She also developed her own ideas about art.
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Early Life and Art Ideas
Jeanne Rij-Rousseau was born in Candé, France. From 1890, she lived in Paris and became part of a group of artists in Montmartre. She studied with famous painters like Maurice Denis and Paul Sérusier.
Sérusier had interesting ideas about how music and painting were connected. Jeanne Rij-Rousseau took these ideas and created her own art theory called vibrism. This style mixed parts of Synthetic Cubism (an art style from before World War I) with Larionov and Goncharova's Rayonism (another art style).
Exhibitions and Recognition
Jeanne Rij-Rousseau was good friends with the artist Juan Gris. Starting in 1911, she showed her paintings in important art shows in Paris, like the Salon d'Automne and Salon des Indépendants.
In 1920, she joined an artist group called Section d'Or. She traveled a lot, visiting places like Céret in southern France, and also Germany, Belgium, and Switzerland. Her artwork was shown in cities around the world, including Zurich, Brussels, New York, and Boston.
Tapestries and Awards
Jeanne Rij-Rousseau also designed large tapestries, which are woven wall hangings. These were made in special factories in Aubusson and Beauvais. In 1925, she won a gold medal for one of her tapestries at the first Arts Décoratifs' exhibition.
Famous writers and artists admired her work. Guillaume Apollinaire called her a "searcher" because she was always exploring new ideas in art. Other artists like Florent Fels and André Salmon loved her choices of colors.
Supporting Women Artists
Also in 1925, Jeanne Rij-Rousseau started the Association of Modern-Age Female Painters. She exhibited her art alongside other talented women artists such as Suzanne Duchamp and Marie Laurencin. Her life story was even featured in a book called Führende Frauen Europas (Leading Women of Europe), showing her as an important French artist.
Later Life and Legacy
Sadly, Jeanne Rij-Rousseau's fame didn't last. She passed away in 1956, alone and forgotten, at her great-niece's home. An exhibition of her work in 1959 didn't get much attention, and the location of many of her paintings is still unknown.
Today, her artworks are found in museums in Paris, Blois, and Grenoble, but many are also owned by private collectors around the world. People are still learning more about this important painter from the French Modern Age.
See also
In Spanish: Jeanne Rij-Rousseau para niños
