Alice Bailly (1872-1938), The Spinner, 1906 - Two-tone Woodcut On Old Japanese Paper

Alice Bailly (1872-1938)
Swiss painter and engraver, born in Geneva on February 25, 1872 and died in Lausanne on January 1, 1938
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The Spinner, 1906
Two-tone woodcut (black and yellow) on old Japanese paper
Signed in pencil and dated lower right
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19 x 26 cm [image]
24 x 40 [view]
43 x 59.5 cm [frame]
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Reference: Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève, inv. E 2005-0069-005
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Alice Bailly, trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Geneva, traveled in 1904 to Valais - where many Swiss artists would seek inspiration to offer, in their works, the image of an idyllic and rural Switzerland. She settled in Paris in 1906; That year, she presented at the Salon d'Automne, alongside Parisian subjects, a series of six "Scènes valaisannes" (also called "En Valais") to which this print belongs.
Alice Bailly was very close to the avant-garde movements of the early 20th century, which she also helped to make known in French-speaking Switzerland. Initially influenced by Fauvism, her painting evolved towards a colorful Cubism that led to her being classified among the Orphists by Guillaume Apollinaire. The poet also enthusiastically welcomed Alice Bailly's first submissions to the Parisian Salons.