Georgette Agutte (17 May 1867 – 5 September 1922) was a French painter.[1]
Biography
She was born in Calais. Her father was Jean Georges Agutte. In 1893 she joined Gustave Moreau's classes as a free pupil, and retained his teachings on the freedom of mind and independence.[2] She also met Matisse and Georges Rouault among others.[2]
After her husband's death from a cerebral hemorrhage, she wrote on a note: "Voilà douze heures qu’il est parti. Je suis en retard" (He left 12 hours ago, I'm late) and committed suicide with a broken wine bottle, dying in Chamonix on 5 September 1922. Knowing the importance of their art collection, the conservator of the Musee de Grenoble, Andry-Farcy, made every effort to obtain it. The museum holds most of her works and presented a retrospective at the end of December 2003.
She supplied several models to the Aubusson National School of Decorative Art. A mountain landscape woven by her was exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs in 1922. At the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts held in Paris in 1925, the Aubusson National School of Decorative Art presented Georgette's fireplace screen with a bunch of marigolds and Aubusson tapestry that was woven in 1924, as well as mounted on a wood on its stand at the Grand Palais.
Sculpture
Georgette Agutte sculpted the Monument to Jules Guesde, inaugurated in 1925 in Roubaix.
