Eva Gonzalès

Born: Paris, 19 April 1849

Died: Paris, 5 May 1883

Nationality: Spanish-French


Works by this Artist

Loge at the Théâtre des Italiens
Eva Gonzalès, 1874

Background

daughter of Spainish writer Emmanuel Gonzalès

Studies

with Charles Chaplin; with Edouard Manet

Career

1870s – exhibits at Paris Salon; declines to exhibit with Impressionists

1874 – Paris Salon jury rejects Loge at the Théâtre des Italiens (subsequently shown in 1879)

Important Artworks

The Milliner, 1882 (Art Institute of Chicago)

Readings

Boime, Albert. “Maria Deraismes and Eva Gonzalès: A Feminist Critique of Une Loge aux
Théâtre des Italiens,” Woman’s Art Journal, vol. 15, no. 2 (Autumn 1994-Winter 1995): 31-7

Sainsaulieu, Marie-Caroline. Eva Gonzalès, 1849-1883 : étude critique et catalogue raisonné. Paris: Bibliothèque des arts, 1990 (in French)

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