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1890 Liege, Belgium - 1984. Known for: Portrait, figure, landscape and still life painting.
Marthe Hirt. 1890-1984. Marthe Hirt was born on February 4, 1890 in Liege, Belguim. She was a painter and draughtsman of figures, portraits, landscapes, and still-lifes, active in France and... Read full biography
Marthe Hirt. 1890-1984. Marthe Hirt was born on February 4, 1890 in Liege, Belguim. She was a painter and draughtsman of figures, portraits, landscapes, and still-lifes, active in France and Switzerland. Hirt's family originally came from Switzerland. She began painting in 1915, and then enrolled... Read full biography
Marthe Hirt. 1890-1984. Marthe Hirt was born on February 4, 1890 in Liege, Belguim. She was a painter and draughtsman of figures, portraits, landscapes, and still-lifes, active in France and Switzerland. Hirt's family originally came from Switzerland. She began painting in 1915, and then enrolled in David Estoppey's life class at the Geneva art school. After the war, she settled in the Montparnasse district of Paris and enrolled in the Académie Ranson, where she was taught by Maurice Denis,... Read full biography
Marthe Hirt. 1890-1984. Marthe Hirt was born on February 4, 1890 in Liege, Belguim. She was a painter and draughtsman of figures, portraits, landscapes, and still-lifes, active in France and Switzerland. Hirt's family originally came from Switzerland. She began painting in 1915, and then enrolled in David Estoppey's life class at the Geneva art school. After the war, she settled in the Montparnasse district of Paris and enrolled in the Académie Ranson, where she was taught by Maurice Denis, Paul Sérusier, and Pierre Bonnard. Hirt's work shows a great sense of unity between her three main subjects. Her figures - kitchen boys, clowns, young monks, and girls - are almost always presented in isolation against a neutral background, after the... Read full biography
Marthe Hirt. 1890-1984. Marthe Hirt was born on February 4, 1890 in Liege, Belguim. She was a painter and draughtsman of figures, portraits, landscapes, and still-lifes, active in France and Switzerland. Hirt's family originally came from Switzerland. She began painting in 1915, and then enrolled in David Estoppey's life class at the Geneva art school. After the war, she settled in the Montparnasse district of Paris and enrolled in the Académie Ranson, where she was taught by Maurice Denis, Paul Sérusier, and Pierre Bonnard. Hirt's work shows a great sense of unity between her three main subjects. Her figures - kitchen boys, clowns, young monks, and girls - are almost always presented in isolation against a neutral background, after the manner of Chaim Soutine or Moise Kisling. In her still-lifes, baskets containing a few intermediate fruits and vegetables are p... Read full biography
