[4] When she was 21, she went to study for three years at Berlin State Academy for Fine and Applied Arts, attending the class of Maximilian Klewer, and whilst there took part in an exhibition with over 1400 objects displayed in a group collection.

This successful show in Berlin enabled her later to travel to Paris, where she took residence in a tiny attic of Latin Quarters near the Place St. Michel and started painting.

[6] It was a continuous financial struggle for Suzanne until one friend organised for Madame Zak to visit her small studio.

She immediately purchased 6 of her paintings and put them in her gallery, Galerie Zak, at the Place Saint Germain des Près.

The majority of her drawings are rapid chalk or pen sketches due to the high demand for new artworks.