International Women’s Day 2013…

Being a British professional and single mother living in Paris, I fully understand the trials and tribulations that women have to face in their working lives, in France and the wider world.

That is why I was interested to commemorate “International Women’s Day” this year, yet again, by attending the Franco-British Chamber’s conference entitled “Women and Corporate Social Responsibility: What role for business?”, being held at the sumptuous British Ambassador’s Residence located in the heart of Paris.

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Jacques-Émile Blanche… Portraits of a Society…

“Portraits… of a Society”…

Jacques-Émile Blanche…

Known… as the…

“Proust… of Painting”…

Was honoured… with an exhibition at the…

Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent…

“Du côté de chez Jacques-Émile Blanche… Un salon à la Belle Époque”…

Blanche frequented from a very young age Parisian artistic circles… becoming French high society’s most prestigious portraitist by the end of the 19th century.

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