Marie-Therese Dethan-Roullet

Marie-Therese Dethan-Roullet is a French Artist-painter , it was born in February 1870 with Ars-in-D. It is the niece of Gaston Roullet, celebrates painter of second half of the 19th century, painter official of the Navy.

Young person it was the pupil of Jules Christmas, which even had been to him the pupil of Cherioux. During the Years 1920 - 1930 it travels enormously in France but also in Italy, in Sicily, Belgium (Bruges). It brings back multiple drawings of them and Aquarelle S. But its subject of predilection remains the natural dead of floral compositions, like says it Lascoux, it “reaches the top of the expressivity in its floral productions and one can undoubtedly regard it as one of the most important artists with horse between and the 20th century, and one of the best interpreters of the still life on floral subject of French impressionism”.

It belonged to the Union of the women painters and sculptor and exposed in a living room organized by this association in 1932 of the drawings of His (Italy). It formed also part of the Association of the French artists and for this reason exposed several time with the Large palace (amongst other things in 1935 and 1936).

A great exposure was devoted to him in 2000 to Brescia in Italy. Murillo Azzini will say of it: “In the tradition of late impressionism, it paints also dead natures and especially flowers with the direction of the palpitation, of the color in the light. Attention at the time which passes, with the light, which fades and changes the matter of the things, tender melancholy”.

It published two collections of drawings. One in 1933 on His and the other in 1935 on Honfleur. In 1995 was published in Italy a book on its drawings and watercolours. She will die with Paris in October 1945.

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