Hélène de Beauvoir | |
Birth Name: | Henriette-Hélène de Beauvoir |
Birth Place: | Paris, France |
Birth Date: | 6 June 1910 |
Death Place: | Goxwiller, France |
Occupation: | Painter |
Relatives: | Simone de Beauvoir (sister) |
Spouse: | Lionel de Roulet |
Henriette-Hélène de Beauvoir (6 June 1910 – 1 July 2001) was a French painter. She was the younger sister of philosopher Simone de Beauvoir. Her art was exhibited in Europe, Japan, and the US.[1] She married Lionel de Roulet.[2]
When Hélène de Beauvoir lived in Goxwiller, a village near Strasbourg, she became president of the center for battered women. She continued painting until she was 85. Many of her paintings were related to feminist philosophy and women's issues.[3]