, her first large oil, into the most prestigious annual exhibition in Paris, the Salon. Not only was La mere selected, but was also placed “on the line,” or at eye-level, a tremendous honor as the walls were packed with paintings from the floor to the ceiling. After such a glowing reception at the Salon, the painting was shown across Europe and America. At one time it was owned by President Woodrow Wilson and his wife, who displayed the work in their Princeton study.