Berthe Art

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Berthe Constance Ursule Art (26 December 1857 – 27 February 1934) was a Belgian still life painter.

Biography[]

She was born in Brussels as the daughter of Ferdinand Art and Constance Luc. She never married and lived and worked on 28 Blanchestraat in Sint-Gillis (Brussels). she was trained by Alfred Stevens and advised by .^[1] Her painting Study of Still life: Grapes and Partridges was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.^[2] Berthe Art exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts and The Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. ^[3]

Circle of Women Painters[]

She became a member of the Brussels-based club called Cercle des Femmes Peintres which was active 1888–1893. They were the Belgian equivalent of the French Union des Femmes Peintres et Sculpteurs. Other members were , Alix d'Anethan, Marie de Bièvre, , , , Marie Heijermans, , , Alice Ronner, Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, , Marguerite Verboeckhoven, and Marie de Villermont. They organized art shows in the local Brussels museum from 1888 but were disbanded by 1902.^[4]

Galerie Lyceum[]

She began a Brussels gallery in 1911 together with some friends from the (by then defunct) Circle of Women Painters. The gallery was called the Galerie Lyceum. Founding members were Alice Ronner, , Anna Boch, Louise Danse, Marie Danse, Juliette Wytsman and Ketty Gilsoul-Hoppe.

Gallery[]

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  The Floral Wheelbarrow

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  Still Life of Grapes and Partridges

References[]

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