Education
Académie Julian, Royal College of Artist
Académie Julian, Royal College of Artist
She emigrated from France in 1938, teaching and working in Washington, District of Columbia through the 1950s, before returning to France. The pair met at the Académie Julian in Paris in 1937. Tabary followed Jones back to the United States, emigrating to Washington, District of Columbia in 1938 and staying once unable to return to France with the outbreak of World World War World War II Lois Mailou Jones credited Tabary as instrumental in her accolades, noting Tabary would take her paintings to juries when Jones could not due to policies barring participation by African Americans.
These entries were significant in breaking the color barrier at the Corcoran Gallery in 1941.
Teaching art together in Washington, District of Columbia, Tabary and Jones established “The Little Paris Studio” in 1945. Artists that benefited from the dynamic collective and atmosphere include fellow District of Columbia artist Alma Thomas.
Tabary also was a member of art organizations on both sides of the Atlantic, belonging to the Washington Watercolor Club and Artists Guild of Washington (United States) and Societe des Artistes Lillois (France).