Guidette Carbonell | |
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Born | Marguerite Sophie Caroline Carbonell 23 January 1910 Meudon, France |
Died | 22 April 2008 (aged 98) Bioussac, France |
Occupation(s) | Artist, ceramist, weaver |
Spouse | Emmanuel Auricoste (m. 1938; divorced) |
Children | 2: Marianne Auricoste, Isabelle Auricoste |
Relatives | Hubert Tonka (son-in-law) |
Guidette Carbonell (23 January 1910 – 22 April 2008) was a French artist, first known for her ceramic works, including bowls, plates, tiles, lamps, and fantasy animal figures. She also made mixed-media paintings, collages and tapestries.
Marguerite Sophie Caroline Carbonell, called "Guidette",[1] was born in Meudon, France,[2] the daughter of Charles Carbonell and the former Arminia Babaïan.[3] Her father was a Catalan doctor; her mother was an artist born to Armenian parents in Tbilisi.[4] Guidette Carbonell studied art in Paris[5] with André Lhote[6] and Roger Bissière, and with Othon Friesz.[7][8]
Carbonell exhibited small enamel pieces in 1928 at the Société des artistes décorateurs. She designed fountains and murals for the French government in the 1930s. She was a longtime collaborator with decorator Jacques Adnet.[5] She became a member of the Salon des artistes décorateurs in 1945. She was named a chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in 1957. In the 1950s, she worked on large mixed-media friezes involving embedded pebbles, fibers, glass, pottery, and other objects.[7] Later in her career, she worked in tapestry and collage, often with bird themes.[9]
The Meudon Art and History Museum showed her "harpies" (her name for her fantasy winged creatures in various media) in 1988. In 2007, there was a retrospective of her works at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.[7] The retrospective show traveled to Roubaix and Rouen, and a monograph about Carbonell's work was published in 2007.[10] A short documentary film about Carbonell was released in 2009.[11]
Carbonell married fellow artist Emmanuel Auricoste[3] Her other daughter, Isabelle Auricoste , became an illustrator[12] and an elected municipal official,[13] and married urban planner Hubert Tonka.[14] Guidette Carbonell died in 2008, aged 98 years, in Bioussac.[1][2][5]
(1908–1995) in 1938. They had two daughters, Isabelle and Marianne, before they divorced. Her daughter Marianne Auricoste is an actress and speaker.