“Art is a disruptive element in most families”

This article comes from “Figaro Magazine”

She writes as the Impressionists she describes painted: in small, fine touches, with a delicate brush, without priming, attentive to the detail which expresses the humility of the artist in the face of reality, to the small true fact which also indicates her desire to tackle the material, without ever forgetting that perspective and an overall vision are necessary to compose a painting. She also fits, which is not contradictory, in the vein of psychological biography, Stefan Zweig style, or even psycho-genealogical because she likes family sagas. We will have recognized Dominique Bona, whose biographies of the three Heredia daughters, of Berthe Morisot, of the two Rouart sisters, née Lerolle, of Jeanne Voilier and of Colette are brought together in one volume.

All these women are linked together by a family, friendly or social bond – with the exception of Colette, who nevertheless gravitates into their orbit. Their common trait is the love of…