MADELEINE JEANNEST Original Drawing ART DÉCO Woman's Coat CHARLES 1931 #4

  
"Figure in brown coat" - Watercolor and lead pencil on paper. Signed at the bottom right. Mention "Charles 1931" at the top left and on the back. Sheet size: 26 x 21. Condition: some dirt on the sheet. See other drawings by Madeleine Jeannest in my online store. Possible hand delivery at the Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market. Born on November 25, 1892 in Paris 5th. Died on December 13, 1957 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Madeleine is the daughter of Louis Pierre Jeannest and Jeanne Legrand, residing at 18, rue d'Orléans in Neuilly-sur-Seine. On January 21, 1931, she married the painter Georges Gimel in Le Vésinet. The witnesses of the wedding were the French pianist Emma Boynet and the artist Albert Chartier, a painter and sculptor. She lived at 16, avenue du Grand-Veneur, Le Vésinet, before moving to Megève. On August 6, 1930, Madeleine gave birth to a daughter Françoise Gimel in Le Vésinet.

Madeleine created watercolors and gouaches for the monthly publication Le Jardin des Modes, La Gazette du Bon Ton, as well as for the famous fashion designers Jean Patou and Paul Poiret during the roaring twenties in Paris. She also worked for different haute couture houses: Premet, Max furs, etc... She is the sister of Marthe Jeannest, also a fashion designer.