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1912. Sraphine Louis, 42, lives in Senlis, a small town fifty kilometers outside Paris. She earns a living doing household chores and cleaning. In her spare time, Sraphine paints, on anything that comes to hand (plates, furniture, small wooden panels). She works as a maid for Madame Duphot, who rents an apartment to a German art critic and dealer, Wilhelm Uhde, an enthusiastic advocate of modern and primitive artists. At a dinner party given by Madame Duphot, Wilhelm comes across a small painting that Sraphine brought over a few days previously. Mesmerized, he snaps it up and insists that Sraphine show him the rest of her work. He buys it all and encourages her to continue developing her talent. The Great War breaks out. Uhde is forced to flee France and abandon Sraphine. 1927. Back in France, Wilhelm Uhde visits an exhibition of amateur painters in Senlis, where, at the far end of one of the rooms, he glimpses huge, shimmering, mystical canvases. Wilhelm immediately recognizes Sraphines style. Overcome with emotion, he decides to take the elderly woman under his wing once more. ----- Portrait de Sraphine de Sanlis, humble femme de mnage, dont la peinture dite primitive sera dcouverte en 1914 et encourage par le collectionneur allemand Wilhem Uhde.

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