Maximilienne GOEPP GUYON (Paris, 1868 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1903) Allegory of Winter, also known as 'The Snow Oil on canvas Signed 'M. Guyon' lower right No frame Allegory of winter, also called "The Snow", oil on canvas, signed, by M. Goepp Guyon 57.09 x 23.62 in. 145.0 x 60.0 cm Provenance: Sale of the studio of the late Maximilienne Guyon; Neuilly-sur-Seine, Maître Desvouges, 10 - 11 January 1904, no. 35 (as "La Neige"); Gérard Lévy Collection; Then by descent Exhibitions: L'Art et la Vie en France à la Belle Époque, Île de Bendor, Fondation Paul Ricard, September - October 1971, cat. no. 227: "L'hiver" [label on back]. Bibliography: Schurr, Gérald, 1820-1920 / Les Petits Maîtres de la Peinture / Valeur de Demain, tome 3, Les Éditions de l'Amateur, 1976, reproduced p. 132: "L'Hiver". Although her career was brutally cut short by her death in 1903, Maximilienne Goepp Guyon was one of the women who made her mark on the art scene of her time. Trained at the Académie Julian with Gustave Boulanger, Jules Lefebvre and Tony Robert-Fleury, her work as a painter was noticed as early as 1888 at the Salon des Artistes Français. That same year, at the "Exposition de Blanc et Noir", she was awarded the gold medal for pastels. At the 1889 Universal Exhibition, she won the silver medal and was awarded a travel grant. In 1893, alongside Marie Bracquemond, she was part of the delegation of French women artists at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, grouped together in the Woman's Building. Our large painting belongs to the most symbolist part of her production, depicting an allegory of winter, personified in a woman dressed all in white, with an ecstatic gaze, sitting on the heights of a Gothic architecture, covering the roofs of the city with her white mantle of snow. Maximilienne GOEPP GUYON (Paris, 1868 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1903) 145.0 x 60.0 cm Although her career was brutally cut short by her death in 1903, Maximilienne Goepp Guyon was one of the women who made her mark on the artistic scene of her time. Trained at the Académie Julian with Gustave Boulanger, Jules Lefebvre and Tony Robert-Fleury, her work as a painter was noticed as early as 1888 at the Salon des Artistes Français. That same year, at the "Exposition de Blanc et Noir", she was awarded the gold medal for pastels. At the 1889 Universal Exhibition, she won the silver medal and was awarded a travel grant. In 1893, alongside Marie Bracquemond, she was part of the delegation of French women artists at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, grouped together in the Woman's Building. Our large painting belongs to the most symbolist part of her production, depicting an allegory of winter, personified in a woman dressed all in white, with an ecstatic gaze, sitting on the heights of a Gothic architecture, covering the roofs of the city with her white mantle of snow.