Jeanne Simon | |
Birth Date: | March 17, 1869 |
Birth Place: | Hôtel du 14 rue Saint-Guillaume |
Death Date: | December 19, 1949 |
Occupation: | painter |
Nationality: | French |
Jeanne Simon or Jeanne Simon-Dauchez (March 17, 1869 – December 19, 1949) was a French painter.
Simon was born at Hôtel du 14 in Paris in 1869. She was the daughter of Claire (born Thirial) and Fernand Dauchez (1842–1914) who was a lawyer in Paris. A sibling of nine children, she is followed by a brother André Dauchez (1870–1948), also a painter. Other siblings include Marcel (1872–1969) and Reine (1876–1941).thumb|left|Jeanne Simon 1919 Portrait of two young girlsShe married the painter Lucien Simon in 1891.[1] They honeymooned to Venice . They will have four children: the sculptor Paul Simon (1892–1979),[2] the artist-painter Charlotte Simon (1897–1994), Lucienne Simon (1898–1974) and Pauline Simon (born circa 1907).
She exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1899 to 1933.[3] She also exhibited at Paris's Salon des Indépendants and in 1900 she received a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris.[4]
Simon died in Paris in 1949, her husband had died in 1945.
In 2002 there was an exhibition at the Galerie Philippe Heim in Paris devoted to the work of Paul, Lucien and Jeanne Simon.[5]