3265 - EMILIE CHARMY

EMILIE CHARMY (Saint-Étienne 1878–1974 Paris) Landscape of Auvergne. 1912–14. Oil on board. Signed lower left: E. Charmy. 27 × 34.9 cm. Provenance: German collection. We thank Bernard Bouche of the Archives Emilie Charmy for confirming the authenticity of the work in October 2026. Emilie Charmy was one of the few women artists of the early twentieth-century avant-garde to receive recognition and support during her lifetime. She moved to Paris in 1904 and exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in 1905, where she was discovered by Berthe Weill, who subsequently included her work in several group exhibitions. Her first solo exhibition was held at Eugène Druet’s gallery in 1911. Charmy immersed herself in the intellectual avant-garde of the period, forming numerous connections and friendships, including with the writer Colette and Marcel Proust. The small landscape offered here dates from the period when Charmy began a relationship with the painter George Bouche and spent summers with him in Marnat, in the Auvergne. * The full tax is charged on this item marked with an asterisk (*); that is, VAT is charged on the total amount but will be refunded to purchasers who provide a validly stamped export declaration.