Marion Sénones
Marion Sénones (born Marcelle Borne; 8 June 1886 – 3 October 1977), was a French painter, illustrator and traveler.
Marion Sénones
- Name
- Marion Sénones
- Birth Name
- Marcelle Borne-Kreutzberger
- Born
- 8 June 1886
- Birthplace
- Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
- Died
- 3 October 1977
- Place of death
- Rabat, Morocco
- Field
- Painting, design
- Full name
- Marcelle Louise Charlotte Borne.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- painter, illustrator and explorer.
- Education
- School of Fine Arts of Rennes.
- Languages
- French.
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Marion Sénones (born Marcelle Borne; 8 June 1886 – 3 October 1977), was a French painter, illustrator and traveler.
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Marion Sénones (1886–1977) was a French explorer, illustrator and painter. Born Marcelle Louise Charlotte Borne in Neuilly-sur-Seine, the explorer died in Rabat. Marion Sénones studied at School of Fine Arts of Rennes. Languages used include French.
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• Name — Marion Sénones • Birth Name — Marcelle Borne-Kreutzberger • Born — 8 June 1886 • Birthplace — Neuilly-sur-Seine, France • Died — 3 October 1977 • Place of death — Rabat, Morocco • Field — Painting, design
Biography
Biography
Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris, in a wealthy family with two sisters and a brother, their father was accidentally killed shortly after her birth. When her mother remarried Capt. Kreutzberger, she took the name Marcelle Borne-Kreutzberger. She spent her childhood and early years in Rennes, France where she learned design and painting at the School of Fine Arts. In 1917 she moved to Paris where she became editorial secretary of several publications, including L’Europe nouvelle and Ève. In 1931, she met traveler and ethnologist Odette du Puigaudeau and the pair would remain together for the rest of their lives. In 1933, the artist assumed the pseudonym Marion Sénones, apparently at the urging of Puigaudeau. The two women spent several years doing field work with the nomads of western Sahara, specifically Mauritania. Sénones illustrated many of Puigaudeau's works. Sénones died in 1977 in Rabat, Morocco.
Identity
Identity
Marion Sénones is recorded with the occupation illustrator. Recorded at birth as Marcelle Louise Charlotte Borne. Recorded as painter, illustrator and explorer.
Life and career
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1886
Marion Sénones born at Neuilly-sur-Seine.
1977
Marion Sénones died on 3 October 1977.
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Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Birth place
Rabat.
Death place
Selected publications
• Odette du Puigaudeau, avec 31 dessins dans le texte de Marion Sénones, 22 illustrations hors texte et sept cartes, La piste Maroc-Sénégal, Plon, 1954. • Odette du Puigaudeau, illustré de 30 croquis de route de Marion Sénones, de 46 photographies de l'auteur et de 2 cartes, couverture de Chas Boré, La route de l'ouest (Maroc-Mauritanie, Éditions J.Susse, 1945. • Odette du Puigaudeau, illustré de 25 croquis de route de Marion Sénones, de 24 photographies de l'auteur et de 3 cartes. Tagant (Mauritanie), Julliard, 1949. • Odette du Puigaudeau, Marion Sénones, Gravures rupestres du Hank (Sahara Marocain), Bulletin de la Société préhistorique de France, vol. 36, n°11, 1939, pp. 437–453. • Odette du Puigaudeau, Marion Sénones, Le Cimetière de Bir'Umm Garn, Journal de la Société des africanistes, vol. 17, n°1, 1947, pp. 51–56. • Odette du Puigaudeau, « Gravures rupestres de la Montagne d'Icht (Sud Marocain), Journal de la Société des africanistes, vol. 11, n°1, 1941, pp. 147–156. • Sénones, Marion, Odette du Puigaudeau, Gravures rupestres de la Vallée moyenne du Draa (Sud Marocain) Journal de la Société des africanistes, vol. 11, n°1, 1941, pp. 157–168. • Senones Marion, Odette du Puigaudeau, Vestiges préislamiques de la région d'Assa, Journal de la Société des africanistes, vol. 22, n°1, 1952, pp. 7–15. • Sénones, Marion, Odette du Puigaudeau, Peintures rupestres du Tagant (Mauritanie), Journal de la Société des africanistes, vol. 9, n°1, 1939, pp. 43–70.
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- 1.Des chameaux et des hommes : les voyages d'Odette du Puigaudeau en Mauritanie (1933-1961). École nationale des chartes. 2020-03-25.
- 2.Jacques-Meunié, D. Quelques gravures et peintures rupestres de la Mauritanie sahélienne. Une pierre taillée de Tinigar. Journal des Africanistes. 29. 1. 19–31. 1959. 10.3406/jafr.1959.1902.
- 3.Monique Vérité, Biographie de Marion Sénones
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