Marie Bouliard

Marie-Geneviève Bouliard (1763–1825) was a French artist who primarily painted portraits.[1]

Marie-Geneviève Bouliard
Marie-Geneviève Bouliard, Self-portrait (1792), Pasadena, Norton Simon Museum.
Born1763
Paris, France
Died9 October 1825(1825-10-09) (aged 61–62)
Bois-d'Arcy, France
NationalityFrench
Known forPainting

She was born in Paris. She was a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Joseph-Benoît Suvée, and Joseph Duplessis.[2] In 1791, Bouliard made her debut at the Paris Salon with her painting Woman's Head Crowned with Roses.[3] Her Aspasia, a self-portrait, was produced in 1794. It was exhibited in the 1795 Paris Salon where it received a Prix d'Encouragement.

In 1808 she exhibited Head of a Woman.[3] Her painting Portrait of an Actress, Probably Mlle. Bélier was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.[4]

Bouliard died in 1825 in Saône-et-Loire.

References

  1. Madeleine Mary Henry 1995, Prisoner of History: Aspasia of Miletus and Her Biographical Tradition. p 91. Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-508712-7
  2. Marie-Geneviève Bouliard in the RKD
  3. Benezit, Emmanuel (2006). Benezit Dictionary of Artists [vol. 2]. Rev. & updated ed. Grund France. p. 1000. ISBN 9782700030709.
  4. Women painters of the world, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day, by Walter Shaw Sparrow, The Art and Life Library, Hodder & Stoughton, 27 Paternoster Row, London, 1905


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