Solange Bertrand
Solange Bertrand was a French painter, sculptor, and engraver.
Early life and education
Born in Montigny-lès-Metz, Bertrand studied art for four years to the École des Beaux-Arts in Nancy, and then attended the Beaux–Arts in Paris. During the Second World War she was registered as a volunteer nurse, and was successively assigned to different posts.Art career
At the beginning of her career, Bertrand painted in an expressionist way, but, later evolved into what can be described as relative abstraction. Bertrand during her long career mixed all manners of painting, jumbling styles and periods and paying only a little attention to dates. In the immediate post war period, she organized exhibitions regularly. Her first solo exhibition was organized at the Paris's Galerie Pascaud in 1947. For the artist many other single person exhibitions followed, mostly in Paris and Metz, but also in the other French departments and abroad. Bertrand gained several honours, including gaining the title of Master Academician in 1985. In May 2005, a sale of 108 of her works achieved success at the Hôtel Drouot.Her work is today in public collections, as well as many private collections. Bertrand died on 22 January 2011 at the age of 97.