Henriette Morel, Wildflowers (circa 1920)

HENRIETTE MOREL (Villeurbanne, 1883-1956) Wildflowers. Circa 1920. Oil on cardboard (no frame) 55 X 46 cm. Signed bottom right: Henriette Morel. Henriette Morel, originally from Villeurbanne, is one of the most important female painters in Lyon in the 20th century. She began exhibiting in Lyon salons as early as 1903, became a member of the "Ziniars" group, and contributed to the founding of the Salon du Sud-Est.