Marie Marguerite BARCO (1882-1965). View of a garden. Pastel - Lot 228

Marie Marguerite BARCO (1882-1965). View of a garden. Pastel on molded wood overmantel, gilded in gold, forming a mirror in the lower part, surmounted by the pastel, the frames decorated with ribboned friezes and strings of pearls. Late 19th century. Dimensions of pastel: 98 x 79 cm. Dimensions of trumeau: 174 x 98 cm. Marie Marguerite Barco was a French painter. She was born on April 18, 1882 in Nancy, France, and died on August 7, 1965 in Saint-Nicolas-de-Port, France. Marie Marguerite Barco was the daughter of Joseph Barco, a renowned portrait photographer and member of the Société Française de Photographie. A student of Vierling, Larcher, Henri Royer and Jean Paul Laurens, she exhibited in Nancy between 1905 and 1912, then in Paris at the Salon des Artistes Français (Honorable Mention in 1925); in 1914, she exhibited a pastel drawing entitled "Portrait de Mlle J.K.". . In 1937, she exhibited "Au verger". Bibl.: "Bénézit 1976 T1".