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'''Valentine Schlegel''' ([[Sète]], 23 November 1925 – [[Paris]], 16 May 2021)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Lavrador |first=Judicaël |title=Mort de la sculptrice Valentine Schlegel, âtre contemporain |url=https://www.liberation.fr/culture/arts/art-contemporain/mort-de-la-sculptrice-valentine-schlegel-atre-contemporain-20210517_BN3YX565VBB7JBLDGTRYLHTC2I/ |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-05-19 |title=La céramiste Valentine Schlegel est morte |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2021/05/19/la-ceramiste-valentine-schlegel-est-morte_6080744_3382.html |access-date=2023-04-28}}</ref> was a French sculptor and ceramicist.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Valentine Schlegel : [exposition, Brétigny-sur-Orge, CAC Brétigny du 30 septembre au 9 décembre 2017] {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/1037013183 |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=www.worldcat.org |language=en}}</ref> Her most prominent works are the series of vases she created during the 1950s and her bespoke white plaster fireplaces.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2019-06-17 |title=The Long Overlooked Female Artist Who Made Everything From Fireplaces To Sandals |url=https://somethingcurated.com/2019/06/17/the-long-overlooked-female-artist-who-made-everything-from-fireplaces-to-sandals/ |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Something Curated |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lavrador |first=Judicaël |title=Valentine Schlegel, l’art sans les manières |url=https://www.liberation.fr/arts/2019/09/01/valentine-schlegel-l-art-sans-les-manieres_1748659/ |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2019-09-09 |title=Hélène Bertin :"Valentine m'a incité à être plus libre" |url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/par-les-temps-qui-courent/helene-bertin-valentine-m-a-incite-a-etre-plus-libre-1463518 |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=France Culture |language=fr}}</ref>
'''Valentine Schlegel''' ([[Sète]], 23 November 1925 – [[Paris]], 16 May 2021)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Lavrador |first=Judicaël |title=Mort de la sculptrice Valentine Schlegel, âtre contemporain |url=https://www.liberation.fr/culture/arts/art-contemporain/mort-de-la-sculptrice-valentine-schlegel-atre-contemporain-20210517_BN3YX565VBB7JBLDGTRYLHTC2I/ |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-05-19 |title=La céramiste Valentine Schlegel est morte |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2021/05/19/la-ceramiste-valentine-schlegel-est-morte_6080744_3382.html |access-date=2023-04-28}}</ref> was a French sculptor and ceramicist.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=The legacy of Valentine Schlegel, lady of fire |url=https://www.domusweb.it/en/design/gallery/2021/09/06/il-lascito-di-valentine-schlegel-la-signora-del-fuoco.html |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=www.domusweb.it |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Valentine Schlegel : [exposition, Brétigny-sur-Orge, CAC Brétigny du 30 septembre au 9 décembre 2017] {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/1037013183 |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=www.worldcat.org |language=en}}</ref> Her most prominent works are the series of vases she created during the 1950s and her bespoke white plaster fireplaces.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2019-06-17 |title=The Long Overlooked Female Artist Who Made Everything From Fireplaces To Sandals |url=https://somethingcurated.com/2019/06/17/the-long-overlooked-female-artist-who-made-everything-from-fireplaces-to-sandals/ |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Something Curated |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Lavrador |first=Judicaël |title=Valentine Schlegel, l’art sans les manières |url=https://www.liberation.fr/arts/2019/09/01/valentine-schlegel-l-art-sans-les-manieres_1748659/ |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2019-09-09 |title=Hélène Bertin :"Valentine m'a incité à être plus libre" |url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/par-les-temps-qui-courent/helene-bertin-valentine-m-a-incite-a-etre-plus-libre-1463518 |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=France Culture |language=fr}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=VALENTINE SCHLEGEL |url=https://lescollection.com/blogs/journal/valentine-schlegel |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=LES Collection |language=en}}</ref> Her style could be considered as [[Modernism|Modernist]] organic abstraction.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=Patterson |first=Marga |date=10 January 2023 |title=Valentine Schlegel: Sculptor of Organic Abstraction |url=https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/valentine-schlegel-sculptor/ |access-date=29 April 2023 |website=Daily Art Magazine}}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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=== Costume designer, stage manager and props specialist ===
=== Costume designer, stage manager and props specialist ===
In 1947, she started working for the [[Festival d'Avignon]] alongside her brother-in-law [[Jean Vilar]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Jean Vilar {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/33629634 |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=www.worldcat.org |language=en}}</ref> For four years, she fulfilled the roles of costume designer, set painter, props specialist and the assistant of painter and decorator Léon Gischia,<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5" /> to ultimately become the festival’s general director in 1951.
In 1947, she started working for the [[Festival d'Avignon]] alongside her brother-in-law [[Jean Vilar]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Jean Vilar {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/33629634 |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=www.worldcat.org |language=en}}</ref> For four years, she fulfilled the roles of costume designer, set painter, props specialist and the assistant of painter and decorator Léon Gischia,<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5" /> to ultimately become the festival’s artistic director in 1951.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=Valentine Schlegel {{!}} Articles |url=https://www.athilie.com/valentine-schlegel |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Athilie |language=fr}}</ref>


In 1954, Valentine Schlegel worked as artistic director in ''[[La Pointe Courte]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Valentine Schlegel par Agnès Varda - Exposition présentée par Rosalie Varda |url=https://www.nathalieobadia.com/video/9-valentine-schlegel-par-agnes-varda-exposition-presentee-par-rosalie-varda/ |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Galerie Nathalie Obadia |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=La pointe courte – Ciné-Tamaris |url=https://www.cine-tamaris.fr/la-pointe-courte/ |access-date=2023-04-28 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>, [[Agnès Varda]]’s first feature film. Both artists met in school in Sète and maintained a lifelong friendship.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Les plages d'Agnès {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/642213101 |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=www.worldcat.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Agnès Varda : le cinéma et au-delà {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/868886106 |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=www.worldcat.org |language=en}}</ref>
In 1954, Valentine Schlegel worked as artistic director in ''[[La Pointe Courte]]''<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=Valentine Schlegel par Agnès Varda - Exposition présentée par Rosalie Varda |url=https://www.nathalieobadia.com/video/9-valentine-schlegel-par-agnes-varda-exposition-presentee-par-rosalie-varda/ |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Galerie Nathalie Obadia |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=La pointe courte – Ciné-Tamaris |url=https://www.cine-tamaris.fr/la-pointe-courte/ |access-date=2023-04-28 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>, [[Agnès Varda]]’s first feature film. Both artists met in school in Sète and maintained a lifelong friendship.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Les plages d'Agnès {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/642213101 |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=www.worldcat.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Agnès Varda : le cinéma et au-delà {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/868886106 |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=www.worldcat.org |language=en}}</ref>


In 1955, commissioned by [[Paul Claudel]], she designs the set for ''[[L'Histoire de Tobie et de Sara|L’Histoire de Tobie et de Sara]].''<ref name=":1" />
In 1955, commissioned by [[Paul Claudel]], she designs the set for ''[[L'Histoire de Tobie et de Sara|L’Histoire de Tobie et de Sara]].''<ref name=":1" />


=== Ceramicist ===
=== Ceramicist ===
In 1945 she moved to Paris, to Vavin street, where she discovered ceramics and sculpture with Frédérique Bourguet, a friend from the Fine Arts School. Together worked in practical tool making until 1951 and their pieces were influenced by the ancient Mediterranean ceramic tradition.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=The Life and Work of French Sculptor Valentine Schlegel |url=https://www.toa.st/blogs/magazine/the-life-and-work-of-french-sculptor-valentine-schlegel |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=TOAST |language=en}}</ref>
In 1945 she moved to Paris, to Vavin street, where she discovered ceramics and sculpture with Frédérique Bourguet, a friend from the Fine Arts School.<ref name=":11" /> Together worked in practical tool making until 1951 and their pieces were influenced by the ancient Mediterranean ceramic tradition.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=The Life and Work of French Sculptor Valentine Schlegel |url=https://www.toa.st/blogs/magazine/the-life-and-work-of-french-sculptor-valentine-schlegel |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=TOAST |language=en}}</ref>


From 1951 to 1957 she moved to an art studio in Daguerre street, and to a different one in Bezout street after 1957 where she continued exploring ceramics alongside her sister Andrée Vilar.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /> Here she begins exploring new materials and experimenting with plaster casts.
From 1951 to 1957 she moved to an art studio in Daguerre street, and to a different one in Bezout street after 1957 where she continued exploring ceramics alongside her sister Andrée Vilar.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /> Here she begins exploring new materials and experimenting with plaster casts.
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During the 1950s, Valentine Schlegel travelled to Portugal, where she discovered Portuguese clay modelling that inspired her to make and collect nativity scene figurines.<ref name=":1" />
During the 1950s, Valentine Schlegel travelled to Portugal, where she discovered Portuguese clay modelling that inspired her to make and collect nativity scene figurines.<ref name=":1" />


While in Sète, she would meet with friends to do wood and leather work, making new handbags, shoes, and kitchen utensils, and they would even sometimes do bed linen embroidery.<ref name=":4" /> Her visits to Sète kept intact her love for the everyday object and her tradition of practical tool making.<ref name=":2" />
While in Sète, she would meet with friends to do wood and leather work, making new handbags, shoes, and kitchen utensils, and they would even sometimes do bed linen embroidery.<ref name=":4" /> Her visits to Sète kept intact her love for the everyday object and her tradition of practical tool making.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Štěch |first=Adam |date=2023-04-13 |title=Ceramic Fireplaces and Leather Doors: Inside the Paris Atelier and Home of Valentine Schlegel |url=https://www.sightunseen.com/2023/04/valentine-schelegel-home-ceramic-fireplace-adam-stech/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Sight Unseen |language=en-US}}</ref>


As a nature lover, she would also often create plant compositions for her ceramic vases, which were photographed by Agnès Varda and Anne Gaillard.<ref name=":1" />
As a nature lover, she would also often create plant compositions for her ceramic vases, which were photographed by Agnès Varda and Anne Gaillard.<ref name=":1" />


=== Fireplaces and other decorative objects ===
=== Fireplaces and other decorative objects ===
From 1959 to 2002, assisted by Frédéric Sichel-Dulong, Schlegel designed and in-situ built around a hundred commissioned fireplaces. Some of the most notable ones were for [[Gérard Philipe]] and [[Jeanne Moreau]].<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Valentine Schlegel chemine au Crac de Sète - Les Inrocks |url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/arts-et-scenes/valentine-schlegel-chemine-au-crac-de-sete-177326-16-08-2019/ |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=https://www.lesinrocks.com/ |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
From 1959 to 2002, assisted by Frédéric Sichel-Dulong, Schlegel designed and in-situ built around a hundred commissioned fireplaces. Some of the most notable ones were for [[Gérard Philipe]] and [[Jeanne Moreau]].<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Valentine Schlegel chemine au Crac de Sète - Les Inrocks |url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/arts-et-scenes/valentine-schlegel-chemine-au-crac-de-sete-177326-16-08-2019/ |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=https://www.lesinrocks.com/ |language=fr-FR}}</ref>


These fireplaces were made of stucco (white plaster) and they were decorated with shelves, nooks and benches. Their organic rounded shapes were partly inspired by the boat sails of her Mediterranean upbringing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jegsen |first=Cecilie |date=2018-08-15 |title=Archive: Valentine Schlegel |url=https://www.kinfolk.com/archive-valentine-schlegel/ |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Kinfolk |language=en-GB}}</ref>
These fireplaces were made of stucco (white plaster) and they were decorated with shelves, nooks and benches. Their organic and sinuously rounded shapes were partly inspired by the boat sails of her Mediterranean upbringing.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |last=Jegsen |first=Cecilie |date=2018-08-15 |title=Archive: Valentine Schlegel |url=https://www.kinfolk.com/archive-valentine-schlegel/ |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Kinfolk |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13" /><ref name=":7" />

In 1965, Schlegel built fireplaces for the [[Salon des arts ménagers]] (SAM; Household Arts Show) exhibitions and for a furniture shop in Paris.<ref name=":1" />

Commissioned by the architect Alain Pati, she worked at the foyer of a building in [[Courbevoie]], where she designed the ceiling and carpentry while painters [[Denise Voïta]] and Jean-Loup Ricur painted the wall mosaics.<ref name=":1" />

Her home at the time was used as an exhibition salon and also as a shop, and in 1976 she decided to purchase the property with The [[Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris|Musée des Arts décoratifs]] (Museum of Decorative Arts)’s curator, [[Yvonne Brunhammer]], and divide it into two separate homes.<ref name=":1" /> Her home became her canvas and the place was recently emptied and sold at auction, with the hope to restore it and one day open it to the public.<ref name=":13" /><ref name=":9" />

In 1984, she made a bronze statue in homage to her brother-in-law [[Jean Vilar]], which was displayed in Chaillot National Theatre, Paris; and a terracotta bust for the Paul Valéry Museum in Sète.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" />

In 2014, [[Raf Simons|Raf Simmons]] was inspired by Valentine Schlegel when designing [[Dior|Christian Dior]] Spring/Summer haute couture runway.<ref name=":14" />

=== Educator career ===
Despite being a prolific artist and maker, by 1956 Schlegel struggled to sustain herself financially.<ref name=":11" /> She started teaching in the ''[[Lycée Jean Pierre Vernant|Lycée de Sèvres]],'' but by 1958 she had founded the clay modelling department for workshops for young people under 15 at the ''[[Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris|Musée des Arts décoratifs]]'' in Paris. She taught until 1987 and exhibited her artworks there on many occasions.<ref name=":10" /> In 1966, Agnès Varda filmed a documentary about Schlegel’s workshops called ''Les Enfants du musée''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hommage à Valentine Schlegel (1925-2021) |url=https://madparis.fr/hommage-a-valentine-schlegel-1925-2021-7955 |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=madparis.fr}}</ref>

She had many assistants throughout her career, among them were Frédéric Sichel-Dulong, one of her past students; [[Catherine Bouroche]], Marie-Noël Verdier, Claudie Sichel-Dulong, Francis Bérezné, Philippe Cotta, Christian Desse, Vincent Fournier and Blaise Fournier.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":8" />

== Private life ==
As a lesbian, she enjoyed the freedom and the tolerance she was able to find in Paris and was as well close to feminist circles.<ref name=":14" /><ref name=":1" />

== Exhibitions and retrospectives ==
''La Roue'' in 1955 with Elisabeth Joulia.<ref name=":1" />

''La Demeure'' in 1956 with Mario Prassinos and Andrée Vilar.<ref name=":1" />

''Antagonismes 2, l’objet'' in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in 1962​.<ref name=":1" />

La Demeure in 1975, invited by Denise Majorel.<ref name=":1" />

''Ils collectionnent'' in 1974, invited by François Mathey.<ref name=":1" />

''Métiers de l’art'' in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs.<ref name=":1" />

''Céramiques 1950-1958'', exhibition in Pierre Staudenmeyer’s Mouvements Modernes gallery in 2005.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lavrador |first=Judicaël |title=Céline Poulin, dynamique de la transmission |url=https://www.liberation.fr/arts/2018/03/18/celine-poulin-dynamique-de-la-transmission_1637091/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref>

''Cette femme pourrait dormir dans l'eau'' in the CAC de Brétigny in 2017, by Hélène Bertin.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":14" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=This Woman Could Sleep in Water Valentine Schlegel by Hélène Bertin |url=https://www.cacbretigny.com/en/exhibitions/114-this-woman-could-sleep-in-water-valentine-schlegel-by-helene-bertin |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=CAC Brétigny |language=en}}</ref>

''Valentine Schlegel, Tu m’accompagneras à la plage?'' in Sète in 2019 in the CRAC, by Hélène Bertin.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-14 |title=Exposition - Valentine Schlegel au CRAC Occitanie - Arts in the City |url=https://www.arts-in-the-city.com/2019/06/14/sete-valentine-schlegel-tu-maccompagneras-a-la-plage/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

''Valentine Schlegel par Agnès Varda'', Galerie Nathalie Obadia in París, 2020.<ref name=":12" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=004 - ARTICLE NUMERO - Interview with Rosalie Varda |url=https://www.thedarkroomrumour.com/en/article/agnes-varda-and-photography-interview-with-rosalie-varda |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=www.thedarkroomrumour.com |language=en}}</ref>

== External links ==
[https://www.instagram.com/valentine.schlegel/ Instagram page] managed by Valentine Schlegel's neighbour, Charlotte Gourçon, in homage to the artist.<ref name=":13" />


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 15:38, 29 April 2023

Valentine Schlegel
Born
Valentine Rose Marie Renée Schlegel

23 November 1925
Sète
Died16 May 2021 (aged 95)
Paris
NationalityFrench
Known forSculpture, ceramics, visual art

Valentine Schlegel (Sète, 23 November 1925 – Paris, 16 May 2021)[1][2] was a French sculptor and ceramicist.[3][4] Her most prominent works are the series of vases she created during the 1950s and her bespoke white plaster fireplaces.[5][6][7][8] Her style could be considered as Modernist organic abstraction.[9]

Biography

Early years

Valentine Schlegel was born and raised in Sète. Her paternal family were artisans, her grandfather was a carpenter, and her father owned a furniture upcycling workshop. She was the younger of three sisters: Andrée Vilar (1916-2009), artist, and Suzanne Schlegel-Fournier (1919-2007), photographer.[7] Her interest in art sparked from her childhood.

In 1937 she joined the French Federation of Girl Scouts. Her group was called Wakandas and it was there where she learnt about fire techniques and tool making, becoming their leader in 1942.[4]

Education

In 1942, she joined the Fine Arts School of Montpellier, where she mainly studied drawing and painting.[7][10]

Artistic career

Costume designer, stage manager and props specialist

In 1947, she started working for the Festival d'Avignon alongside her brother-in-law Jean Vilar.[1][11] For four years, she fulfilled the roles of costume designer, set painter, props specialist and the assistant of painter and decorator Léon Gischia,[10][4][11] to ultimately become the festival’s artistic director in 1951.[12]

In 1954, Valentine Schlegel worked as artistic director in La Pointe Courte[13][14], Agnès Varda’s first feature film. Both artists met in school in Sète and maintained a lifelong friendship.[15][16]

In 1955, commissioned by Paul Claudel, she designs the set for L’Histoire de Tobie et de Sara.[4]

Ceramicist

In 1945 she moved to Paris, to Vavin street, where she discovered ceramics and sculpture with Frédérique Bourguet, a friend from the Fine Arts School.[12] Together worked in practical tool making until 1951 and their pieces were influenced by the ancient Mediterranean ceramic tradition.[5][17]

From 1951 to 1957 she moved to an art studio in Daguerre street, and to a different one in Bezout street after 1957 where she continued exploring ceramics alongside her sister Andrée Vilar.[4][7] Here she begins exploring new materials and experimenting with plaster casts.

From 1954 to the 1960s, she worked on her own on a series of ceramic vases using the ancient coil technique[7][17], which in 1955 were exhibited in the La Roue gallery with other pieces by Elisabeth Joulia; and again in 1956 in La Demeure gallery alongside pieces by Mario Prassinos and Andrée Vilar.[4]

Artisan

During the 1950s, Valentine Schlegel travelled to Portugal, where she discovered Portuguese clay modelling that inspired her to make and collect nativity scene figurines.[4]

While in Sète, she would meet with friends to do wood and leather work, making new handbags, shoes, and kitchen utensils, and they would even sometimes do bed linen embroidery.[10] Her visits to Sète kept intact her love for the everyday object and her tradition of practical tool making.[5][18]

As a nature lover, she would also often create plant compositions for her ceramic vases, which were photographed by Agnès Varda and Anne Gaillard.[4]

Fireplaces and other decorative objects

From 1959 to 2002, assisted by Frédéric Sichel-Dulong, Schlegel designed and in-situ built around a hundred commissioned fireplaces. Some of the most notable ones were for Gérard Philipe and Jeanne Moreau.[3][5][19]

These fireplaces were made of stucco (white plaster) and they were decorated with shelves, nooks and benches. Their organic and sinuously rounded shapes were partly inspired by the boat sails of her Mediterranean upbringing.[20][18][3]

In 1965, Schlegel built fireplaces for the Salon des arts ménagers (SAM; Household Arts Show) exhibitions and for a furniture shop in Paris.[4]

Commissioned by the architect Alain Pati, she worked at the foyer of a building in Courbevoie, where she designed the ceiling and carpentry while painters Denise Voïta and Jean-Loup Ricur painted the wall mosaics.[4]

Her home at the time was used as an exhibition salon and also as a shop, and in 1976 she decided to purchase the property with The Musée des Arts décoratifs (Museum of Decorative Arts)’s curator, Yvonne Brunhammer, and divide it into two separate homes.[4] Her home became her canvas and the place was recently emptied and sold at auction, with the hope to restore it and one day open it to the public.[18][8]

In 1984, she made a bronze statue in homage to her brother-in-law Jean Vilar, which was displayed in Chaillot National Theatre, Paris; and a terracotta bust for the Paul Valéry Museum in Sète.[4][10]

In 2014, Raf Simmons was inspired by Valentine Schlegel when designing Christian Dior Spring/Summer haute couture runway.[20]

Educator career

Despite being a prolific artist and maker, by 1956 Schlegel struggled to sustain herself financially.[12] She started teaching in the Lycée de Sèvres, but by 1958 she had founded the clay modelling department for workshops for young people under 15 at the Musée des Arts décoratifs in Paris. She taught until 1987 and exhibited her artworks there on many occasions.[9] In 1966, Agnès Varda filmed a documentary about Schlegel’s workshops called Les Enfants du musée.[21]

She had many assistants throughout her career, among them were Frédéric Sichel-Dulong, one of her past students; Catherine Bouroche, Marie-Noël Verdier, Claudie Sichel-Dulong, Francis Bérezné, Philippe Cotta, Christian Desse, Vincent Fournier and Blaise Fournier.[4][6]

Private life

As a lesbian, she enjoyed the freedom and the tolerance she was able to find in Paris and was as well close to feminist circles.[20][4]

Exhibitions and retrospectives

La Roue in 1955 with Elisabeth Joulia.[4]

La Demeure in 1956 with Mario Prassinos and Andrée Vilar.[4]

Antagonismes 2, l’objet in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in 1962​.[4]

La Demeure in 1975, invited by Denise Majorel.[4]

Ils collectionnent in 1974, invited by François Mathey.[4]

Métiers de l’art in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs.[4]

Céramiques 1950-1958, exhibition in Pierre Staudenmeyer’s Mouvements Modernes gallery in 2005.[7][22]

Cette femme pourrait dormir dans l'eau in the CAC de Brétigny in 2017, by Hélène Bertin.[6][20][23]

Valentine Schlegel, Tu m’accompagneras à la plage? in Sète in 2019 in the CRAC, by Hélène Bertin.[24]

Valentine Schlegel par Agnès Varda, Galerie Nathalie Obadia in París, 2020.[13][25]

Instagram page managed by Valentine Schlegel's neighbour, Charlotte Gourçon, in homage to the artist.[18]

References

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  14. ^ "La pointe courte – Ciné-Tamaris" (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  15. ^ "Les plages d'Agnès | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
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  19. ^ "Valentine Schlegel chemine au Crac de Sète - Les Inrocks". https://www.lesinrocks.com/ (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-28. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
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  21. ^ "Hommage à Valentine Schlegel (1925-2021)". madparis.fr. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
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  25. ^ "004 - ARTICLE NUMERO - Interview with Rosalie Varda". www.thedarkroomrumour.com. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
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