Hermine Lionette Cartan David, painter and print-maker, was born in Paris and studied at the Academie Julian. She became one of the Ecole de Paris artists (a group of French and emigre artists) where she met fellow artist Jules Pascin and lived with him in a series of studios in Montparnasse and Montmartre. She married Pascin in the United States in 1918 and exhibited in New York City at that time. Returned to France in 1920 and exhibited there in several solo exhibitions in Paris and had shows in galleries in London. She illustrated books mainly with etchings and drypoints in the 1920’s and 30’s. In 1932 she was awarded Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur.