Marguerite Gérard
| Marguerite Gérard | |
|---|---|
 Marguerite Gérard, by François Dumont | |
| Born |
28 January 1761[1] Grasse, France |
| Died |
18 May 1837 (aged 76) Paris |
| Nationality | French |
| Field | painting, etching |
Marguerite Gérard (28 January 1761 in Grasse – 18 May 1837 in Paris)[1] was a French painter and etcher. She was the daughter of Marie Gilette and perfumer Claude Gérard. At 8 years-old she became the sister-in-law of Jean-Honoré Fragonard, and when she was 14, she came to live with him. She was also the aunt of the artist Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard. Gérard became Fragonard's pupil in the mid-1770s and studied painting, drawing and printmaking under his tutelage. She appears to have executed five etchings in 1778 in collaboration with the master.[2]
Works
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La duchesse d'Abrantès et le général Junot (Duchess of Abrantès and General Junot), oil on canvas, ca. 1800
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Mme de Staël et sa fille Albertine (Mme de Staël and her daughter Albertine), oil on canvas, 1803–1808
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La Maternité (Motherhood), oil on canvas, 51 x 61 cm, 1795–1800
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Dors, mon enfant (Sleep my child), oil on canvas, 55 x 45 cm, 1783–1786
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Peintre faisant le portrait d'une joueuse de luth (Painter when painting a portrait of a lute player), 61 x 51.5 cm, before 1803
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First steps, oil on canvas, 45.5 x 55 cm, ca. 1788
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sardou, J. B.; Archives départementales, Archives communales de Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes (France) (1865). Inventaire sommaire des Archives communales antérieures à 1790, ville de Grasse. Paul Dupont. p. 11. Retrieved 12 May 2009. "Acte de naissance de mademoiselle Marguerite Gérard, peintre, décédée en 1832, le 1er janvier : « Le 28 janvier 1761, est née et a été baptisée Marguerite Gérard, fille du sieur Claude Gillette Gérard, marchand parfumeur, et de dame Marie, son épouse; le parrain a été Honoré Isnard, négociant, la marraine demoiselle Marguerite Gazagnaire, son épouse »" .
Note that contrary to all other sources, the given death date is 1 January 1832, not 18 May 1837. - ↑ Rena M. Hoisington and Perrin Stein, "Sous les yeux de Fragonard: The Prints of Marguerite Gérard," Print Quarterly, XXIX, no. 2, 2012, pp. 142-162.
Sources
- Société Internationale pour l'Etude des Femmes de l'Ancien Régime. "Marguerite Gérard". Dictionnaire des femmes de l'Ancienne France. SIEFAR, IHMC / CNRS. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
- Renouvier, Jules; de Montaiglon, Anatole (1863). Histoire de l'art pendant la révolution, considéré principalement dans les estampes. Paris: Veuve Jules Renouard. pp. 170–171. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
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