Thérèse Geraldy

She was a granddaughter of the musician François Delsarte, a cousin of the sculptor Maxime Real del Sarte, and related to the composer Georges Bizet.

Educated at the Académie Julian[1] by Marcel Baschet and Henri Royer, she was also a pupil of her aunt Marie Magdeleine Real del Sarte.

On 30 April 1908 Comœdia warmly reviewed her portrait of the politician Paul Escudier.

[2] In 1910 she was awarded the Prix Galimard-Jaubert, worth the substantial sum of 4,800 Francs payable over four years.

[2] In 1939 she was appointed to the Legion of Honour, the jewel of which was bestowed on her by her old painting master Marcel Baschet, commander of the Order.