Geneviève Brossard de Beaulieu
Marie Renee Geneviève Brossard de Beaulieu (* 1755 in La Rochelle , † 1835 in Paris ) was a French painter .
Life
Geneviève Brossard de Beaulieu came to Paris in the studio of the painter Jean-Baptiste Greuze ; on the recommendation of her teacher, she studied at the École des Beaux-Arts . She established herself as a successful artist specializing in historical and mythological genres as well as portrait painting . In Lille , Brossard de Beaulieu ran a school for senior daughters until the outbreak of the French Revolution (1889 to 1899). With the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy , she was awarded a state pension.
Some of her works survived the turmoil of the revolutionary years, including a portrait of Princess Elisabeth Lubomirksa, which can now be seen in the National Museum in Warsaw .
literature
- Germaine Greer : The Obstacle Race: The Fortunes of Women Painters and Their Work , Tauris Parke Paperbacks (1980) ISBN 1-86064-677-8
- Emma Barker: Greuze and the Painting of Sentiment , Cambridge University Press (2005) ISBN 0-521-55508-6
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| SURNAME | Brossard de Beaulieu, Geneviève |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brossard de Beaulieu, Marie Renee Geneviève |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1755 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Rochelle |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1835 |
| Place of death | Paris |