DEMONT-BRETON, VIRGINIE. Paris Salon, honorable mention, 1880; medals of third and second class, 1881, 1883; Hors Concours; gold medal at Universal Exposition, Amsterdam, 1883; Paris Expositions, 1889 and 1900, gold medals; medal of honor at Exposition at Antwerp; Chevalier of the Legion of Honor and of the Belgian Order of Leopold; officer of the Nichan Iftikhar, a Turkish order which may be translated “A Sign of Glory”; member and honorary president of the Union des femmes peintres et sculpteurs de France, of the Alliance Feminine, of the Alliance Septentrionale; fellow of the Royal Academy, Antwerp; member of the Societe des Artistes Francais; member of the committee of the Central Union of Decorative Arts and of the American National Institute; member of the Verein der Schriftstellerinnen und Kuenstlerinnen of Vienna; one of the founders of the Societe Populaire des Beaux-Arts and of the Societe de bienfaisance l’Allaitement Maternel, etc.  Born at Courriere, Pas de Calais, 1859.  Pupil of her father, Jules Breton.

The works of this artist are in a number of museums and in private collections in several countries.  “La Plage” is in the Gallery of the Luxembourg, “Les Loups de Mer” in the Museum of Ghent, “Jeanne d’Arc at Domremy” in a gallery at Lille; other pictures are in New York, Minneapolis, and other American cities; also in Berlin and Alexandria, Egypt.

At the Salon des Artistes Francais, in 1902, Mme. Demont-Breton exhibited a picture of “Les Meduses bleues.”  The fish were left on the beach by the retreating water, and two nude children, a boy and a girl, are watching them with intense interest.  The children are very attractive.

At the Salon of 1903 she exhibited “Seaweed.”  A strong young fisherwoman, standing in the water, draws out her net filled with shells, seaweed, and other products of the sea, while two nude children—­again a boy and a girl—­are selecting what pleases them in the mother’s net.

At the exhibition of Les Femmes Peintres et Sculpteurs, in February, 1903, Mme. Demont-Breton exhibited the “Head of a Young Girl,” which attracted much attention.  Gray and sober in color, with a firmly closed mouth and serious eyes denoting great strength of character, it is admirably studied and designed and proves the unusual excellence of the art of this gifted daughter of Jules Breton.  At the Exposition of Limoges, May to November, 1903, Mme. Demont-Breton was pronounced hors concours in painting.

DICKSON, MARY ESTELLE. Honorable mention, Paris Salon, 1896; bronze medal, Paris Exposition, 1900; honorable mention, Buffalo Exposition, 1901; third-class medal, Paris Salon, 1902.

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DIETRICH, ADELHEID. Born in Wittemberg, 1827.  Daughter and pupil of Edward Dietrich, whose teaching she supplemented by travel in Italy and Germany.  She made her home in Erfurt after her journeys and painted flower and fruit subjects.  Her pictures were of forest, field, and garden flowers.  They are much valued by their owners and are mostly in private collections.