The Quiet Life of Lydia Radda Born in 1891 in Corbeil-Essonnes, the woman known to the art world as Lydia Radda lived a life of quiet, focused devotion to her craft. Though she was born Julie Florent, she chose a different name to navigate the creative circles of Paris. She was a self-taught painter who found her calling not in formal academies, but through the light filtering through the stained glass windows of churches. This early f…