Marie Martin-Gourdault
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Marie Martin-Gourdault (née Anastasie Prudence Marie Martin, 1881–1937) was a French painter known for her Orientalist subjects.[1][2] She was a sociétaire of the Salon des artistes français and exhibited there hors concours (without competition).
Martin-Gourdault was born to Hyacinthe Firmin Désiré Martin and Marie-Louise Sapin in Saint-Pardoux, Deux-Sèvres, on 27 November 1881.[2] She came to Paris and studied under portrait painter Marcel Baschet. Her husband, Pierre Gourdault, was another student of Baschet and also gave her instruction in painting.[3]
After the couple's marriage on 25th July 1910, Martin-Gourdault moved to the artists' colony at 65 boulevard Arago.[4] She began exhibiting at the Salon des artistes français in 1911 and was noted for her work from the outset.[5]
