Les Suffragettes de l’art

Les Suffragettes de l'art offers a series of portraits of artists who were as talented as they were determined, and who had been forgotten for too long in the history books. From the end of the 19th century to the present day, immerse yourself in the exciting struggle waged by women artists to conquer the Beaux-Arts in Paris.

The first female candidates to enter the School, the first female students, the first women to win the Prix de Rome while staying at the Villa Médicis... From Léon Bertaux, the sculptor behind this fierce battle that began in 1880, to Alexia Fabre, the first woman to become director of the École in 2021, and Isabelle Waldberg, the first head of studio from 1973, art critic and author Anaïd Demir traces how, over more than two centuries, women have gradually succeeded in asserting their rights and their existence in the artistic field.

Richly illustrated with photographs of works, studio views and the first life drawing classes, this is the first book to tackle this fundamental issue of art education at the Beaux-Arts in Paris in both a historical and literary way.

A journalist, art critic and exhibition curator, Anaïd Demir writes for art catalogues and has contributed to numerous publications in the arts press (Le Journal des Arts, The Art Newspaper, Beaux Arts Magazine, L'oeil...). She is the author of Le dernier jour de Jean-Michel Basquiat, Joconde intime - Vingt et un jour dans la vie de Monna Lisa and Maison-mère, published by Plon in 2022.

To mark the publication, a round-table discussion will be held at the Beaux-Arts de Paris on Tuesday 12 December at 7pm, with Anaïd Demir, artists and teachers Valérie Sonnier, Nathalie Talec and Tatiana Trouvé, Pascale Le Thorel, Publishing Director, and Alain Berland, Head of Cultural Programming.

With the support of the Fondation LAccolade and the Association Orphée.
 

Price: €39
Format 21 x 26cm - 224 pages