Séraphine Louis
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| Séraphine Louis | |
| Born | 1864 |
| Died | 1942 |
| Nationality | French |
| Field | painting |
| Training | self-taught |
| Movement | Naïve art |
| Patrons | Wilhelm Uhde |
Séraphine Louis (Séraphine de Senlis) (1864–1942) was a French painter in the naïve style. A former sheperdess and servant in at Senlis, her work was discovered in 1912 by art collector Wilhelm Uhde.[1] While in Senlis, Uhde saw a still-life of apples at his neighbor's house and was astonished to learn that Louis, his housecleaner, was the artist.[2] Under Uhde's patronage, Louis came to prominence as a naïve painter of her day.
Louis' works are of richly fantasised floral arrangements. Her career was relatively short. In 1930, three years after Louis' first exhibition, Uhde stopped buying her paintings as a result of the Great Depression. Louis was admitted to the psychiatric ward of a geriatric hospital, and, although Uhde reported that she had died in 1934, Louis actually survived until 1942, friendless and alone.[2]
[edit] Bibliography
Alain Virdondelet, Séraphine de Senlis, Albin Michel, 1986.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Hamilton, George Heard (1993). Painting and Sculpture in Europe 1880-1940. Yale University Press, 226. ISBN 0-300-05649-4.
- ^ a b Greer, Germaine (2001). The Obstacle Race: The Fortunes of Women Painters and Their Work. Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 121-122. ISBN 1-860-64677-8.
[edit] External links
- Musée d'art naïf (M.A.N.) Beraut (near Toulouse) Biography
- Musée d'art de Senlis Reproduction des grandes marguerites
- The Artists Photographie
- Artnet
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Louis, Séraphine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Séraphine de Senlis |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | French naive-style painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | 1942 |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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