Menassade was a painter of French origin who pursued her career mainly in Spain, where she trained with Sebastián Gessa, known as "the flower painter". This determined her specialisation in floral arrangements and still lifes. At the 1892 National Exhibition, she was unanimously awarded a third-class medal for a canvas entitled Fiesta Day, and a year later the State acquired this Autumn Memory.

G.Navarro, Carlos, Invitadas. Fragmentos sobre mujeres, ideología y artes plásticas en España (1833-1931), Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2020, p.332 nº 93