Nationality France Name Jenny Zillhardt | Died 1939 | |
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Jenny Zillhardt or Marguerite Valentine (1857 – 1939) was a French painter.
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Biography
Marguerite-Valentine-Jenny Zillhardt (Jenny Zillhardt) was born on 16 March 1857 at Saint-Quentin in Aisne. She began studying painting at the Académie Julian in Paris in 1877, alongside Louise Catherine Breslau and Marie Bashkirtseff. She studied under Tony Robert-Fleury.
She first exhibited at the salon in 1878 with Deux amis. From that time forward, her frequent participation in the Salon garnered her several sales.
She was part of the French female group who were represented at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, an exhibit in the Woman's Building.
Her works were included in the collections of the Musée d'Orsay, the museum of Langres, and the museum of Saint-Quentin.
She was made an officer of public instruction (officier de l'instruction publique) in 1910, and received the Legion of Honor (chevalier de la légion d'honneur) in 1930.
Her painting Régalez-vous mesdames was included in the 1905 work of British art historian Walter Shaw Sparrow, Women Painters of the World.
Jenny Zillhardt died in February 1939 at Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Jenny Zillhardt was the sister of Madeleine Zillhardt, model and companion of Louise Catherine Breslau.