Anne Vallayer-Coster
Anne Vallayer , better known as Anne Vallayer-Coster (* December 21, 1744 in Paris , † February 28, 1818 there ), was a French painter of the French school.
Madame Anne Vallayer-Coster belonged to a small circle of professional painters, including Marie-Guillemine Benoist , Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun , Marguerite Gérard , Angelika Kauffmann , Marie-Gabrielle Capet and Adélaïde Labille-Guiard .
Live and act
Anne Vallayer was the daughter of a Parisian goldsmith and a miniature painter .
She was a student of Françoise Basseporte (1701–1780) and Claude Joseph Vernet (1714–1789) - in July 1770 Vallayer studied at the renowned Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture .
In the following years she specialized in still life and portrait painting and was one of the most successful women in the art of her time.
Her patrons included Queen Marie-Antoinette , Louis-Gabriel, marquis de Véri-Raionard, the Abbé Terray , the prince de Conti, the banker Beaujon and the comte de Merle.
On April 23, 1781, she married the Paris lawyer and politician Jean-Pierre Sylvestre Coster in Versailles .
Works (selection)
literature
- Marianne Roland Michel: Anne Vallayer-Coste r, Alençon (1970)
- Eik Kahng and Marianne Roland Michel: Anne Vallayer-Coster. Painter to the Court of Marie-Antoinette , (2002) ISBN 0-300-09329-2
Web links
- Anne Vallayer-Coster
- Anne Vallayer-Coster. In: FemBio. Women's biography research (with references and citations).
- National Gallery of Art - Anne Vallayer-Coster (English)
- Biography - Anne Vallayer-Coster (French)
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SURNAME | Vallayer-Coster, Anne |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vallayer, Anne; Coster, Anne |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 21, 1744 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1818 |
Place of death | Paris |