Born in Paris, December 1, 1840, Victoria Fantin-Latour was a still life painter married to artist Henri Fantin-Latour. She studied under the portrait painter Fanny Cheron (b 1830) and probably met... Read full biography
Born in Paris, December 1, 1840, Victoria Fantin-Latour was a still life painter married to artist Henri Fantin-Latour. She studied under the portrait painter Fanny Cheron (b 1830) and probably met Fantin-Latour at the Louvre, Paris, where they were both copying in the mid-1860s. Around 1867-8, she... Read full biography
Born in Paris, December 1, 1840, Victoria Fantin-Latour was a still life painter married to artist Henri Fantin-Latour. She studied under the portrait painter Fanny Cheron (b 1830) and probably met Fantin-Latour at the Louvre, Paris, where they were both copying in the mid-1860s. Around 1867-8, she was associated with the circle of Edouard Manet, Berthe Morisot, Fantin-Latour and Edgar Degas; it was at this time that Degas painted a very frank and unflattering portrait of Victoria, which is in... Read full biography
Born in Paris, December 1, 1840, Victoria Fantin-Latour was a still life painter married to artist Henri Fantin-Latour. She studied under the portrait painter Fanny Cheron (b 1830) and probably met Fantin-Latour at the Louvre, Paris, where they were both copying in the mid-1860s. Around 1867-8, she was associated with the circle of Edouard Manet, Berthe Morisot, Fantin-Latour and Edgar Degas; it was at this time that Degas painted a very frank and unflattering portrait of Victoria, which is in the collection of the Toledo, Ohio Museum of Art. While it may be impossible to prove that she was actually a pupil of Fantin-Latour, the early works she exhibited at the Salon are in a style close to his, in particular the portrait of her sister... Read full biography
Born in Paris, December 1, 1840, Victoria Fantin-Latour was a still life painter married to artist Henri Fantin-Latour. She studied under the portrait painter Fanny Cheron (b 1830) and probably met Fantin-Latour at the Louvre, Paris, where they were both copying in the mid-1860s. Around 1867-8, she was associated with the circle of Edouard Manet, Berthe Morisot, Fantin-Latour and Edgar Degas; it was at this time that Degas painted a very frank and unflattering portrait of Victoria, which is in the collection of the Toledo, Ohio Museum of Art. While it may be impossible to prove that she was actually a pupil of Fantin-Latour, the early works she exhibited at the Salon are in a style close to his, in particular the portrait of her sister Charlotte Dubourg, which was exhibited at the Paris Salon, 1870 and is the Museum of Grenoble, France. In thi... Read full biography
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