Daughter of a doctor, which allowed her to exhibit her artworks in this circle, she followed the sculpture and architecture courses at the Fine Arts School in Rouen under the direction of Victorien Lelong for architecture and Alphonse Guilloux for sculpture and got a first ward for each in 1922. In 1927, she began to exhibit at the Salon des Artistes Français where she presented a bronze, Bust of Beethoven, (cat. n°3238) and a white marble bust titled Résignation (cat. n°3239). The next year, she showed at the Salon her first animal sculpture, Bob, tête de chien, in turquin blue marble (cat. n°3356). After 1933, her animal sculptures will be mainly exhibited at the Salon d’Automne.

In 1937, she became the first artist woman to receive the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Prize in New York.

After 1937, the Sèvres Manufacture let her to work in a personal studio in which she will create 995 models, among whom a Toucans group with a great success.

She got a gold medal at the Universal Exhibition in 1937. Her studio, with all her models, was completely destroyed by an Allies bombing on March 3rd in 1942, which purpose was the Renault factories in Boulogne Billancourt. Very shocked, she will then quickly go back to work and will exhibit models at the Salon d’Automne as soon as 1943, with a Tête de chien cocker (cat. n°1326) and a Tête de bouc in bronze at the Salon in 1944 (cat n°625). After the Second World War, she will concentrate her attention on medals and direct carve like her contemporary, Matteo Hernandez.