Gertrude-Micheline (Michel) Agelasto

1907 - 1988  (81 years)

• Name	Gertrude-Micheline (Michel) Agelasto
  Nickname	Cocoly
  Birth	12 Jan 1907	rue Daguerre 92, Paris 14ème, Île-de-France, France
  	She was born in the domicile of the mid-wife.
  Gender	Female
  Death	23 May 1988	Collonge-Bellerive, Geneva, Switzerland
  Notes	unknown to Argenti The natural daughter of Michel Agelasto and Gertrude Mildé. After her father's death 1915, she and her mother were forced to leave France for Geneva due to her mother's German nationality. WW I had interrupted Michel's plans to marry Gertrude; after his death his friend Paul Rodocanachi arranged a sort of annuity, approved by French President Raymond Poincaré, a friend of Michel, who had authorized an exemption to permit their marriage. Michel Demosthene Agelasto's paternity is annotated on her birth certificate, 11 Aug 1914, and this was formally accepted by the mother, 26 Mar 1915, at the city hall, Monléon-Magnoac, Hautes-Pyrénées. [1] Her portrait was drawn by her art tutor, Henri Matisse, Quai Saint-Michel, Paris, late November or December 1914. Charcoal on paper 35 x 25.4 cm (13 3/4 x 10 in.), signed l.r.: Henri-Matisse. Plate 30 in Portraits par Henri Matisse (Henri Matisse, ed., André Sauret, pub., Paris, 1954). Printing limited to 2,850 copies, numbered 1 to 2,850, of which 500 were printed in English, numbered 1,501 to 2,000. Printing of the English edition was completed 1 Feb 1955. [2] Residence: 81 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, Paris; 1915- Geneva; -1929, Paris; 1930, Australia; 1944- Freidorf, Switzerland. [3] Education: Sorbonne, Paris. She exhibited at the Lyceum Club, Sydney, Australia, 4 Apr 1930 (The Sydney Mail, 19 Mar 1930, p. 30). Gertrude Barbier of Basil exhibited a watercolor "The Window" at the 38th Exposition of the friends of the arts (L'Impartial [La Chaux-de-Fonds, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland], 7 Sep 1944, p. 6). She exhibited a 'portrait rapidly removed' at the 39th Exposition of the friends of the arts (L'Impartial [La Chaux-de-Fonds, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland], 19 Sep 1946, p. 6). Artist. Name is on artprice.com website, Dec 2009.
  Person ID	I1188	Agelasto
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2015

  
  

  Father	Michel Demosthenes (Demosthenes) Agelasto,   b. 12 Jul 1860, allées des Capucines 45, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France d. 28 Feb 1915, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Gertrude Betty Adelheid Milde,   b. 20 Mar 1875, Konigsberg/Kaliningrad, Russia d. 24 Dec 1955, Basel/Bale, Switzerland (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F621	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charles Henri (Francis) Barbier,   b. 29 Aug 1902, Chaux de Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland d. 16 May 1984, Basel/Bâle, Switzerland (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	20 Mar 1929	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia
  	The marriage of Gertrude M Agelasto and Charles H Barbier was registered in 1929, Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia: registration no. 2567 (LDS microfilm).
  Children	+ 1. Living   2. Living + 3. Living + 4. Living
  Photos		Charles-Henri Barbier and Gertrude Micheline Agelasto Photo courtesy Lucette Ostier-Barbier
  Documents		L'Impartial [La Chaux-de-Fonds, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland], 25 Feb 1943, p. 9. The identities of the members of the Barbier household are established in the death announcement of Milca Frank Barbier.
  Family ID	F601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Jun 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Jan 1907 - rue Daguerre 92, Paris 14ème, Île-de-France, France Marriage - 20 Mar 1929 - Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia Death - 23 May 1988 - Collonge-Bellerive, Geneva, Switzerland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Cocoly Agelasto by Henri Matisse This drawing was included in the book Portraits par Henri Matisse (pl. 30), edited by Matisse and published by André Sauret in 1954. Although the drawing bears no date and title, it was dated 1915 and titled "Cocoly Agelasto" by the artist himself in this book.
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  		Gertrude Micheline Agelasto Photo courtesy Lucette Ostier-Barbier
  		Gertrude-Micheline Agelasto Photo courtesy Lucette Ostier-Barbier
  		Gertrude-Micheline Agelasto c. 4 years old; photo courtesy Lucette Ostier-Barbier
  		Gertrude Milde with daughter Gertrude Micheline Agelasto Photo courtesy Lucette Ostier-Barbier
  		Gertrude Milde with daughter Gertrude Micheline Agelasto detail

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Illustrated article on Gertrude Agelasto, page 4 "Gertrude Agelasto," Arts-sciences-lettres: revue illustrée, 10 Aug 1929, pp. 4-5 (Paris: Union internationale du commerce, de l'industrie et des arts décoratifs)
  		Illustrated article on Gertrude Agelasto, page 5
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  		Reflections on my Family An essay by Gertrude Agelasto Barbier (courtesy Lucette Barbier Ostier). This file is password protected.

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] Gertrude Agelasto, Une Enfance, 95. [S91] Stephanie d'Alessandro & John Elderfield, Matisse: Radical Invention 1913-1917, (The Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art, Yale University Press, New Haven). [S77] Gertrude Agelasto, Une Enfance, 93.