Francine Simonin
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Francine Simonin was a Swiss-Canadian painter, engraver, and designer. She was considered to be an expressionist. Biography Simonin received much exposure to painting, literature, and music during her childhood, where she often moved between Lausanne and Champex. She entered the École cantonale d'art de Lausanne in 1953. She attended the studio of Casimir Reymond from 1958 to 1960. During her artistic career, she regularly travelled across Europe and built a friendship with Marguerite Duras, and the two women were very close until the 1980s. She was also good friends with Janette Laverrière.
