Jeanne Simon

Jeanne Simon, also known as Jeanne Simon-Dauchez, was a French painter born in Paris in 1869 and who died in the same city in 1949. She came from a large family of nine siblings: her father, Fernand Dauchez, was a lawyer, and her brother André Dauchez also became a painter. Her career is best understood in relation to her marriage to the painter Lucien Simon, whom she wed in 1891.

After the wedding the couple honeymooned in Venice. They had four children: the sculptor Paul Simon, the painters Charlotte and Lucienne Simon, and Pauline Simon. Jeanne exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français between 1899 and 1933, and also showed work at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris. In 1900 she received a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris.

Her known works include religious subjects and scenes with family members, such as The Childhood of Catherine, set in a landscape near Siena, and Catherine Looking After a Plague Victim. In 2002 the Galerie Philippe Heim in Paris held an exhibition devoted to the work of Paul, Lucien and Jeanne Simon, placing her output in dialogue with that of her husband and son.