Mady Bourguignon (arlon, 1901-paris, 1983). " Elegant Woman". 1942.

Golden chopsticks (Usual wear). Frame dimensions: 101 x 71 cm. Dimensions of the painting: 100 x 70 cm.
Marie-Madeleine Gérard or Marie-Madeleine Bourguignon or Mady Bourguignon is a painter born in Arlon in 1901 and died in Paris in 1983.
As a child, she studied with Évariste Carpentier, director of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Liège. The first exhibition of his works took place in Liège, in 1920, at the Oeuvre des Artistes. She also participates in the Triennial Salons of Paris. In 1937, her work, which she signed Marie-Madeleine Bourguignon, was exhibited in Brussels, at the Salle Demar. In 1939, she organized a private exhibition in the studio she owned in Brussels, avenue de la Couronne. In 1941 and 1943, new exhibitions at the Toison d'or gallery in Brussels, framing the one at the Aghte gallery in Antwerp, in 1942. His portrait art earned him important commissions. In 1959, she left Brussels for good and set up her studio in Paris.