Genevieve Pezet, born as Genevieve Beatrice White, and mononymously signed her work Genevieve[1] (December 19, 1913 – January 23, 2009) was an American-born French artist, known for her paintings, ceramics, and sculptures.[2] She was most active from around the 1940s until 2000.
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Born | Genevieve Beatrice White December 19, 1913 Sandpoint, Idaho, US |
Died | January 23, 2009 Pénestin, France | (aged 95)
Known for | painting, sculpture, ceramics |
Genevieve Beatrice White was born December 19, 1913,[3] in Sandpoint, Idaho and she was raised in Troy, Montana.[citation needed] In 1928, she attended Washington State University in Pullman, Washington.[2]
Pezet started painting while studying philosophy at Columbia University.[1] She continued her studies at the Art Students League of New York, while teaching at the New York School of Interior Design.[2] In 1947, she moved to Paris and she studied painting with André Lhote at the André Lhote Academy and sculpture with Ossip Zadkine in 1956 at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière.[2][4] In 1948, she married Jacques Pezet at the Saint-Sulpice church in Paris.[5] Together they had two sons.[5]
In 1954, she participated in the Salon de la Jeune Sculpture at Musée Rodin.[6]
She died in Pénestin, Morbihan in France, on January 23, 2009.[citation needed]
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