Fernande Cormier Explained
Fernande Victoire Cormier,[1] born on 17 November 1888 in Toulon and died on 15 August 1964 in Sanary-sur-Mer, was a French painter.
Biography
Born on 17 November 1888 in Toulon, Fernande Cormier studied under Ferdinand Humbert and .[2] She exhibited from 1913 onwards at the Salon des artistes français in Paris (of which she was a member), winning a silver medal and a travel grant in 1920, at the Salon d'automne from 1919 to 1926 and at the Salon des Tuileries in 1927.[2]
She was second grand prix de Rome in 1919.[3] She also participated in the exhibitions of the Society of Modern Women Artists in 1935-1936 and 1938. She traveled to Fez[4] and exhibited her Moroccan paintings in 1926.
Linked to Provence her native region, she made sets for the foyer of the Toulon Opera: in her painting of the Foyer Campra at the Opera, she depicts Massenet's Poème pastoral with a view of the Siou-Blanc plateau, a mountainous massif in the south-western part of the Var department. The subject, painted around 1922, has a symbolist influence.[5]
She also made sets for the town hall of Vincennes around 1932–1935.[6] [7]
List of works
- Le collier de jasmin, oil on canvas, 64 x 55 cm.[8]
- Le sculpteur, oil on canvas, 135 x 105 cm.[9]
- Les pins, 72 x 85 cm.[10]
- Femme marocaine dans son intérieur
- Bateaux dans la baie, oil on canvas, 43 x 53 cm.
- Le chat qui dort, oil on canvas, 61 × 50 cm, Gray (Haute-Saône), .
- Café en Sidi Bou Saïd, oil on canvas, 80 x 100 cm.[11]
- Portrait de jeune homme à son bureau, oil on canvas, 80 x 64 cm.
Notes and References
- Web site: Résultats des concours : feuilles de valeurs des élèves en peinture et en sculpture pour l'ensemble de leur scolarité. Début XX s. 1 e . 2022-03-06 . FranceArchives . fr.
- Book: Les Arts français: arts, métiers, industrie . 1919 . fr.
- Web site: Agence photographique . Agence Rol . 1919 . Mlle Fernande Cormier, second grand prix de Rome de peinture en 1919 . 2022-01-26 . Gallica . FR.
- Web site: Mlle CORMIER (Fernande)Peintre, (1920-1921) . Archives nationales . 2022-01-26 . FranceArchives . fr.
- Web site: Foyer Campra - Opéra de Toulon . 2022-01-26 . www.operadetoulon.fr.
- Web site: Hôtel de ville de Vincennes . Monumentum . 2022-01-26 . monumentum.fr.
- Web site: Vassiliev Foundation: Individual: Fernande CORMIER (French, Toulon 1888– 1964 Sanary) [Fernande CORMIER ] ]. 2022-01-26 . ns3103723.ip-145-239-9.eu.
- Web site: Le collier de jasmin . Centre national des arts plastiques . 2022-01-26 . www.cnap.fr.
- Web site: Le sculpteur . Centre national des arts plastiques. 2022-01-26 . www.cnap.fr.
- Web site: Les pins . Centre national des arts plastiques . 2022-01-26 . www.cnap.fr.
- Web site: Café en Sidi Bou Saïd . 2022-01-26 . www.artnet.fr.