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Bettina Rheims (born 1952), strip-tease artists and acrobats, stuffed animals, also advertising, and photography of nude women making her a best-seller; Sophie Ristelhueber (born 1949), who has photographed the effects of war on landscape; Emmanuelle Riva (1927–2017), primarily an actor but also a noted and published photographer
This is a list of women artists who were born in France or whose artworks are closely associated with that country. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec at 19 (1883) by René Princeteau. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) came from aristocratic family related to the counts of Toulouse. Originally from Albi in southern France, his parents separated when he was young and he later moved to Paris with his mother.
Southern France is generally considered part of southern Europe because of its association with the Mediterranean Sea. The term Midi derives from mi ('middle') and di ('day') in Old French , comparable to the term Mezzogiorno to indicate southern Italy, Miazăzi which is a synonym for south in Romanian , or meridional which is a synonym for the ...
A second form of legend in France during the Middle Ages was epic poetry, partly historical and partly legend with themes covering the formation of France, war, kingship, and important battles. This genre was known as chansons de geste which is Old French for "songs of heroic deeds." It is also called the epics of the "Matter of France":
The Sisters of the Holy Family of Villefranche was begun by Émilie de Rodat in 1815, in Villefranche-de-Rouergue, in southern France. [2] [3] Rodat looked for a community to join and was not able to find anything that suited her, but was inspired to begin her own community after overhearing a group of poor women discussing their regrets that unlike them, their daughters were unable to receive ...
Rose Antonia Maria Valland (1 November 1898 – 18 September 1980) was a French art curator, member of the French Resistance, captain in the French military, and one of the most decorated women in French history.
Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun - Marie-Antoinette de Lorraine-Habsbourg, reine de France et ses enfants - Google Art Project.jpg 23,427 × 30,000; 241.67 MB Lucy Arbell as Queen Amahelli in Massenet's Bacchus, wide view.jpg 1,804 × 2,688; 2.34 MB