In 1893 she joined Gustave Moreau's classes as a free pupil, and retained his teachings on the freedom of mind and independence.
After her husband's death from a cerebral hemorrhage, she wrote on a note: "Voilà douze heures qu’il est parti.
Je suis en retard" (He left 12 hours ago, I'm late) and committed suicide with a broken wine bottle, dying in Chamonix on 5 September 1922.
Knowing the importance of their art collection, the Musee de Grenoble's curator Andry-Farcy made every effort to obtain it.
The museum holds most of her works and presented a retrospective at the end of December 2003.A street is named after her in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, and a boulevard jointly for her and Sembat in Grenoble.