Portrait of Mrs. M
1909
Plaster, tinted mauve
H. 47 cm
Signed: Thérèse Peltier
Exhibition: Salon of the Union of Women Painters and Sculptors, 1909, under “Portrait of Mrs. M., patinated plaster”
Thérèse Peltier was born in Orléans in 1873. A student of the sculptor Charles Vital Cornu in the 1890s, from 1900 to 1910, she won several prizes for her works. At the same time, she was also an aviator and the first female airplane pilot.