The Story of Georgette Agutte, an Artist and a French Art Collector
How to impose yourself in the art world when you are a woman in the 19th century
While wandering through the galleries of the Grenoble museum (France), I stumbled upon a room entirely dedicated to an artist. A woman artist. A smile appeared on my face. Oh, the museum is making an effort to fight against the invisibilization of women artists. Very quickly, I was subjugated by the colors, the movement, the vivacity of the artist’s line. I found all that surrounded me of a seizing beauty. So I discovered Georgette Agutte, a French painter and art collector of the late 19th century, early 20th. A modern artist, an artist of the avant-garde, an artist who was successful during her lifetime but who is almost unknown today. And that’s where I come in. Together, let’s discover the life and career of Georgette Agutte.
Georgette Agutte was a French painter, sculptor, and art collector born in 1867. She had the chance to be born in a family where art was something important et considered. She was the daughter of artists: her father, who died shortly before her birth, was a painter, and her mother was a draughtswoman, pastelist, portraitist, and creator of tapestry designs. She therefore grew up in an environment where art was very present, in a bourgeois…
