JACQUELINE MARVAL: Référence sans Révérence - Lecture

Michelle Erickson, Board Director of the Alliance Française de Philadelphie, will be presenting the work of French painter Jacqueline Marval, one of the pioneering women artists of early 20th-century Paris.

Join us for an evening which illuminates Jacqueline Marval’s artistic potency, influence, and contribution to modernism. 

Les Odalisques - Jacqueline Marval, 1902-1903

French avant-garde artist Jacqueline Marval painted what could very well be the first female nude self-portraits to be exhibited. Her Les Odalisques provoked audiences at the Salon des Indépendants in 1903. This came a few years after she announced herself with the singular nude self-portrait L’Odalisque au Guépard in 1901. Marval is significant for her boldness, beauty, and liberation. Her painting Les Odalisques reflects her référence to the tiresome yet persistent motif of the objectified women of important art, while it, sans révérence, subverts the motif by painting herself as subject.

Michelle Erickson - Scholar Michelle Erickson is a Master of Arts from Lindenwood University. She presented in 2024 the project report "Jacqueline Marval: Référence sans Révérence" / A Design for an Art History Lecture and Activity Series for a Club de Lecture workshop provision at the Alliance Française of Philadelphia. Michelle is also a long-time history educator, and French student. 

*** WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ***

Date: Friday, November 20th

Time: 6:30pm

Duration: 1 hour

Location: at the Alliance Française de Philadelphie OR on zoom

Language: English

Fee: $15 for AF members / $20 for non AF members