Marguerite Delorme

Marguerite-Anne-Rose Delorme (10 September 1876 - 26 July 1946) was a French painter known for her Orientalist and genre paintings.

Biography Delorme was born on September 10, 1876, in Lunéville, France into an upper-middle-class family. Her father, Edmond Delorme, was a military doctor and would later found the museum of Lunéville.

She showed an early interest in art. Her early paintings depicted themes of the family environment. She also found inspirations in Brittany where she spent the summer with the Merson family.

In 1905, she won a scholarship which allowed her to travel to Italy. This trip introduced her to different light conditions which had an influence on her style. During the first world war, Delorme began painting the Senegalese riflemen encountered in the "wintering camps". These works were presented in 1921 and she won the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique Prize. Following this, she found inspiration in North African themes by travelling Morocco, where she journeyed around the entire country painting scenes of everyday life.

Legacy In 2013 the Musée du château des Lumières held a retrospective of Delorme's work.

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