FRÉDÉRIQUE VALLET-BISSON, NÉE FRÉDÉRIQUE AUGUSTINE LOUISE HEYNE (Asnières-sur-Seine 1862 - Orgeval 1948) PORTRAIT OF MADAME X Original canvas Unframed Signed lower right "Frédérique Vallet-Bisson Portrait of Lady, canvas, signed, unframed 155 x 106 CM - 61 x 41,7 IN. Provenance Commissioned by the model to the artist; Still in his family today A student of Jules Lefebvre at the Académie Julian, Frédérique Vallet-Bisson had a long career as a portrait painter in fashionable Paris from the end of the 19th century to the 1940s. Known for having been Auguste Renoir's lover, Vallet-Bisson was above all an artist renowned for her works exhibited at the Salon, particularly her large pastel portraits. She was also a member of the Société des artistes français and vice-president of the Union des Femmes Peintres et Sculpteurs, which campaigned for the place of women on the French art scene.