Geneviève Asse
Illustration — Asse in 1995 Geneviève Asse (Vannes, France, 24 January 1923 – 11 August 2021) was a French painter. She died in August 2021 at the age of 98. She was awarded the Grand-Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour.
Also recorded as Genevieve Asse
Geneviève Asse
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- Full name
- Geneviève Anne Marie Bodin.
- Born
- 1923. · Vannes.
- Died
- 2021.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- painter, illustrator, engraver and industrial designer.
- Education
- École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs.
- Honours
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Croix de guerre 1939–1945, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres and Commander of the National Order of Merit.
- Languages
- French.
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Bibliothèque nationale de France · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek · Getty Union List of Artist Names
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1923
Geneviève Asse born at Vannes.
Undated
Geneviève Asse is recorded as having received Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Croix de guerre 1939–1945 and Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.
2002
Geneviève Asse, la pointe de l'oeil is dated 2002.
2021
Geneviève Asse died at 7th arrondissement of Paris.
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One of the most notable abstract French painters of the post-war era. The characteristic shade of blue she created had been called "le bleu Asse".
Geneviève Asse studied at École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs. The recorded working language is French. Work by Geneviève Asse is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Musée d'art moderne de Paris, National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Unterlinden Museum and Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. Distinctions recorded are Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Croix de guerre 1939–1945, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres and Commander of the National Order of Merit.
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Geneviève Asse died on 11 August 2021 in Paris, 7th arrondissement, France.
• Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours, Horizons, oil on canvas • Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper, Vertical Collage I, oil on canvas • Musée d'Arts de Nantes • Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris • Musée National d'Art Moderne Centre Pompidou • Menil Collection, Houston
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Geneviève Asse appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Getty Union List of Artist Names as a painter, engraver and printmaker (24 January 1923 – 11 August 2021). Geneviève Asse was born on 24 January 1923; the birthplace is Vannes, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, the Getty Union List of Artist Names and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The Bibliothèque nationale de France records the fuller form Vannes (Morbihan).
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Geneviève Asse received Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Croix de guerre 1939–1945, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres and Commander of the National Order of Merit.
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scholarly publication
- THE INTIMACY OF SILENCE: GENEVIÈVE ASSE, Contemporary French Art 2, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 300557388, Portrait de Geneviève Asse.
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- “Geneviève Asse”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.La Vannetaise Geneviève Asse, grande dame de la peinture, est décédée. Le Telegramme. 2021-08-11.
- 2.At 90, Painter Genevieve Asse Gets Her Due With Centre Pompidou Survey Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- 3.Vannes. Décès de Geneviève Asse, grande dame de la peinture
- 4.20e - Musée des Beaux Arts. www.mba.tours.fr.
- 5.Quimper, Musée des beaux-arts de la ville de. Geneviève Asse Verticale Collage I. Musée des beaux-arts de la ville de Quimper : Site Internet.
- 6.Nantes, Musee d'arts. Résultats Navigart. museedartsdenantes.nantesmetropole.fr.
- 7.Sénanque Paris Musées. www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Christian Briend, Isabelle Ewig, Silvia Baron-Supervielle, Camille Morando, Geneviève Asse : Peintures, Paris, Somogy, 2013
- Élisabeth Védrenne et Valérie de Maulmin, Les Pionnières : dans les ateliers des femmes artistes du 20eme siecle, photographies de Catherine Panchout, Paris, Somogy éditions d'art, 2018
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 300557388, Portrait de Geneviève Asse.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Geneviève Asse was recorded at birth as Geneviève Anne Marie Bodin. The authorities additionally record the heading Genevieve Asse. Her recorded language was French. Connected to 1 other published record in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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Geneviève Asse, la pointe de l'oeil
2002
Asse, Geneviève, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Le bleu de Geneviève Asse au pays de Soulages, Études, 2025
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