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France (mostly Lyon): 1929-1961. The archive contains over 60 letters to Couturier, five letters from her, over 34 pieces of original art, eight etchings by others, seven exhibition broadsides and invitations, ten ledgers and receipts, four postcards and photographs, and several additional pieces. Albert Doran (1892-1987) was the pseudonym of Marie Couturier Grenetier, a French painter who adopted a male name to establish herself in the predominantly male artistic world of early twentieth-century France. A pupil of Antoine Barier, she made her reputation through vigorous, original depictions of mountain landscapes, capturing the misty and contrasting atmospheres of the Alps, the Savoie, and southern France in all seasons. She exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1925, was named an Officier d'Académie, and joined the Société des Peintres de Montagne in 1929. Her talent earned her the gold medal of the Société Lyonnaise des Beaux-Arts, where she later served as a member of the jury, and she participated in numerous salons and mounted several solo exhibitions throughout her career. The archive offers an intimate view of the working life of a pre-war French woman artist and the practical mechanics of the pseudonym that made it possible. The letters are addressed variously to Madame Albert Doran or Monsieur Doran, with the majority dating from the 1930s. Some correspondents are clearly aware that the artist is a woman; others still believe they are writing to a man. What emerges is a portrait of a deception that gradually ceased to matter: by mid-career, most of Couturier's gallerists and clients knew perfectly well who she was, and continued to work with her regardless. The pseudonym, having served its purpose as a door opened, became a professional name rather than a disguise. The original artwork consists mostly of pencil studies and small watercolors. The archive also includes cartons de vernissage for Doran exhibitions and ledgers recording works sold, with fees and other details of her commercial activity.
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