Hélène de Beauvoir

Henriette-Hélène de Beauvoir (6 June 1910, Paris – 1 July 2001, Goxwiller) was a French painter. She was the younger sister of philosopher Simone de Beauvoir. Her art was exhibited in Europe, Japan, and the US.[1] She married Lionel de Roulet.[2]

Hélène de Beauvoir
Born
Henriette-Hélène de Beauvoir

6 June 1910
Paris, France
Died1 July 2001(2001-07-01) (aged 91)
Goxwiller, France
OccupationPainter
Spouse(s)Lionel de Roulet
Parent(s)Georges Bertrand de Beauvoir
Françoise Brasseur
RelativesSimone de Beauvoir
(sister)

When Hélène de Beauvoir lived in Goxwiller, a village near Strasbourg, she became president of the center for battered women. She continued painting until she was 85. Her paintings were related to feminist philosophy and women's issues.[3]

References
  1. VitaHdeBeauvoir Archived 2008-01-21 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Bair, Deirdre (1991). Simone de Beauvoir. Summit Books. p. 709. ISBN 0-671-60681-6.
  3. Simone de Beauvoir and the women's movement in France: An eye-witness account Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, by Claudine Monteil

Sources
  • Monteil Claudine, Les Sœurs Beauvoir, Editions no 1, Paris, 2003.


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