We were deeply saddened to learn of the death on 6 May of Monique Poncelet, the first woman professor at the Beaux-Arts de Paris.
Born in 1931, Monique Poncelet began her career as a student in Jean Souverbie's studio before becoming the first woman professor at the Beaux-Arts de Paris in the late 1960s. After a year as head of the painting studio in 1967, Monique Poncelet was appointed professor in charge of the drawing studio and taught there for some twenty years until 1988.
La ville en fête by Monique Poncelet, oil on canvas, 33cm, painted as part of the Sketch Painting Competition in 1957, Beaux-Arts de Paris collection.
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