Suzanne Ballivet
1=Biographies Suzanne Ballivet (12 August 1904, Paris, 7th arrondissement – 15 June 1985, Saint-Aunès, Hérault) was a French draughtswoman and illustrator. She is best known today for her erotic illustrations of works by Pierre Louÿs, Alfred de Musset, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, and others. According to the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Ballivet is considered a 20th century "pioneer" in the genre of erotic book illustration.
Suzanne Ballivet
- Full name
- Suzanne Émilie Pauline Ballivet.
- Born
- 1904. · 7th arrondissement of Paris.
- Died
- 1985. · Saint-Aunès.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- painter and illustrator.
- Languages
- French.
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1=Biographies Suzanne Ballivet (12 August 1904, Paris, 7th arrondissement – 15 June 1985, Saint-Aunès, Hérault) was a French draughtswoman and illustrator. She is best known today for her erotic illustrations of works by Pierre Louÿs, Alfred de Musset, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, and others. According to the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Ballivet is considered a 20th century "pioneer" in the genre of erotic book illustration.
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Recorded at birth as Suzanne Émilie Pauline Ballivet. Born at 7th arrondissement of Paris in 1904, died in Saint-Aunès in 1985.
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- 2.Benezit.
- 3.Pierre Clerc, Dictionnaire de biographie héraultaise: des origines à nos jours, Montpellier, Les nouvelles presses du Languedoc, 2006, 1974 p. (ISBN 2-35414-002-9)
Bibliography printed in the source article · 7
- "Ballivet, Suzanne". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- Clerc, Pierre (2006). Dictionnaire de biographie héraultaise: des origines à nos jours. Montpellier: Les nouvelles presses du Languedoc. .
- Döpp, Hans-Jürgen (2021). The Erotic Museum of Berlin. Parkstone International. .
- Kohn, Jessica (2016). «Les femmes et la bande dessinée: autorialités et représentations». Revue de recherche en civilisation américaine [Online], 6. p. 39.
- Palouzié, Hélène (2011). «La protection Monument historique: connaissance et reconnaissance des collections de l'Université de Montpellier». In Situ [Online], 17. p. 23.
- Stirrat, Betsy; Johnson, Catherine, eds. (2003). Feminine Persuasion: Art and Essays on Sexuality. Bloomington and Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University Press. p. 42, plate 2.
- Erotica. Paris, Cologne, London: Taschen, 2001.
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