Self-portrait - Miriam Rocher (1875-1971)

Our painting is a self-portrait of the artist surely in her house. 

Miriam Rocher (1875-1971)

Her talent was quickly recognized, since at the age of 14 she won the prize of the department of Deux-Sèvres and the city of Niort, which opened the doors to Paris, since she became a boarder in the city for three years.

During this period, she attended classes at the Academy of Drawing. She attended the studio of Puvis de Chavannes, the salon of Antonin Proust, and became friends with Henri Martin.
He even painted a portrait of her.

She did not frequent the Parisian salons, preferring the Union Artistique de Toulouse.

Miriam Rocher's pictorial production can be divided in two ways. Her first period extends from her beginnings to the years 1903-1904, during which she realized many portraits with a frank and delicate touch;

 then from 1904 onwards, her touch becomes more frank and vigorous, and her work more spontaneous. Miriam Rocher gives pride of place to color.