Conference
Women painters, from Impressionism to the avant-garde
Saturday, December 20, 2025Lecture presented by Léa Lefebvre
Impressionist, Neo-Impressionist, Fauvist, or Cubist, these women asserted themselves through perseverance and openly expressed their desire for emancipation. While art academies remained closed to women until late, they established themselves as artists through their own styles, raised their voices, and introduced new iconographies and imaginative worlds. Active participants in their time and in its various groups and movements, they were often overshadowed, silenced, or still lack visibility and recognition today. Their works trace alternative histories of modernity, enriching and complicating its narrative.
Tamara DE LEMPICKA, Perspective ou Les deux amies, 1923, Huile sur toile, 130 x 160 cm, Collection : Association des Amis du Petit Palais, Genève © Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / Adagp, Paris, 2025, Photo: Studio Monique Bernaz, Genève
Introduction of the speaker
Léa Lefebvre
Léa Lefebvre teaches Contemporary Art History and the History of Photography at Sciences Po Aix, as well as at the Université du Temps Libre in Aix-en-Provence.
A graduate in Art History, Cultural Policy, and Political Science, she has focused her studies on the notion of subversion. In her writings and research, Léa Lefebvre approaches the world through the intersections of social, political, and artistic contexts.
A writer for La Zone Marseille, she has worked in galleries and co-founded a collective of artists and curators dedicated to art production and exhibition curation. She supports emerging artists, notably through writing texts about their works and creative approaches.
