Georgette Rondel

Georgette Rondel
Born
Georgette Marthe France Rondel

(1918-12-22)22 December 1918
Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, France
Died4 May 1942(1942-05-04) (aged 23)
Camberwell, London, UK
Other nameZette Rondel
Occupations
MovementThe White Stag Group
SpousePercy René Buhler
PartnerNick Nicholls (c. 1941)

Georgette Marthe France Buhler (née Rondel; 22 December 1918 – 4 May 1942), known as Georgette Rondel and Zette Rondel, was a French painter, commercial artist, graphic designer and member of The White Stag Group.[1][2][3][4]

Early life

Georgette Marthe France Rondel was born on 22 December 1918[a] in Vincennes to Louis Georges Paul Rondel and Marthe Eugènie Voisin.[5] Rondel studied painting in Paris before working as a commercial artist and graphic designer.[1][4]

Artistic career

In the mid-1930s, Rondel settled in London where she began painting in an abstract style.[1][2] Rondel was married to Percy René Buhler, a German linguist and salesman.[4][6][7] Rondel, Buhler and Nick Nicholls, an English-born Irish painter and poet, regularly visited the studio of Basil Rákóczi, the headquarters of The White Stag Group.[3][6][8] During 1937 to 1938, Rondel, Buhler and Nicholls travelled across Sweden.[2]

In June 1939, Rondel, Nicholls and Buhler relocated to Dublin.[1] Between 1939 and 1940, Rondel began painting in a more representational style.[2] On 16 April 1940, Rondel's work was shown at the first The White Stag Group exhibition.[6] In Dublin, Rondel worked as a commercial artist, exhibited at Victor Waddington Galleries and continued to exhibit with The White Stag Group.[3][4][6]

In late 1941, Rondel's husband was deported from Ireland.[1][8] According to fellow White Stag Group member Patrick Scott, Rondel and Nicholls only began a romantic relationship following Buhler's deportation.[4][6][9]

By the end of 1941, Rondel had returned to London whilst Nicholls remained in Dublin.[1][8] On 4 May 1942 Rondel died in Camberwell, London, aged 23.[2][10][11] Rondel's death is typically cited[b] as being from an undisclosed illness.[8][1]

Nicholls' 1942 poem "My Love is Dead" is dedicated to Rondel.[8]

Notes

  1. ↑ Also cited as c. 1915.[1]
  2. ↑ Patrick Scott cites her death as being from kidney failure, whilst Joan de Frenay cites her death as being a suicide.[4][9][12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Georgette Rondel c. 1915–1942". Adam's. Dublin, Ireland: James Adam & Sons. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Kennedy, S.B. (2005). "Biographical Notes of Principal White Stag Artists and Those Associated With Them". The White Stag Group. Dublin: Irish Museum of Modern Art. pp. 149–154. ISBN 1903811503. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 Milligan, Kathryn (2020). "Temporary Exile: The White Stag Group in Dublin, 1939–1946". In Roth, Helene; Lee, Rachel; Karp Lugo, Laura; Hetschold, Mareike; Dogramaci, Burcu (eds.). Arrival Cities: Migrating Artists and New Metropolitan Topographies in the 20th Century. Leuven, Belgium: Leuven University Press. pp. 317–334. ISBN 978-9462702264. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Georgette Rondel (1915–1942) – Tea Time". Tim Williams Fine Art. Archived from the original on 3 May 2026. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "No.249 Rondel, Georgette Marthe France [Birth Register]". Actes De Naissance, Mariage Et Décès, 1792–1922. Créteil, France: Archives Départementales Du Val-De-Marne. 1918.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Kennedy, S.B. (2005). "The White Stag Group". The White Stag Group. Dublin: Irish Museum of Modern Art. pp. 12–49. ISBN 1903811503. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "32 Gloucester Road; Buhler, Percy René and Buhler, Georgette". Westminster Electoral Records; St George; 1937. City of Westminster: City of Westminster Archives Centre: 405. 1937.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Kennedy, S.B. (2005). "The White Stag Group in Ireland". IMMA. Irish Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  9. 1 2 Ryan, Vera (2006). "Patrick Scott". Movers and Shapers 2: Irish Visual Art 1940–2006. Cork, Ireland: Collins Press. p. 102. ISBN 978-1905172030. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "Georgette Buhler". England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes; Camberwell. 1d (Q2). General Register Office: 644. 1942.
  11. ↑ "Georgette Marthe France Buhler; Cremation Register". Deceased Online. Pytchley, Northamptonshire. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  12. ↑ De Frenay, Joan (2008). "Alarms and Excursions". Love in the Fast Lane. Victoria, British Columbia: Trafford Publishing. ISBN 9781425138769. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
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