Marie Bracquemond | |
|---|---|
 c. 1886 | |
| Born | Marie Anne Caroline Quivoron 1 December 1840 Argenton-en-Landunvez, near Brest, Finistère, France |
| Died | 17 January 1916 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Impressionism |
| Spouse | |
Marie Bracquemond (née Quivoron; 1 December 1840 – 17 January 1916) was a French Impressionist artist. She was one of four notable women in the Impressionist movement, along with Mary Cassatt (1844–1926), Berthe Morisot (1841–1895), and Eva Gonzalès (1847–1883). Bracquemond studied drawing as a child and began showing her work at the Paris Salon when she was still an adolescent. She never underwent formal art training, but she received limited instruction from Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780–1867) and advice from Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) which contributed to her stylistic approach.
She married noted printmaker Félix Bracquemond (1833–1914), who helped popularize Japanese art in France. Together, they produced ceramic art for Haviland & Co., a manufacturer of Limoges porcelain. Marie's frequent omission from books on artists is sometimes attributed to the efforts of her husband.[1] Although Félix participated with the Impressionist exhibitions, he notably disapproved of the movement at which his wife excelled.[2] Indeed, Pierre Bracquemond, their son, stated that his father was jealous of Marie's work, belittled her ambition, and refused to show her paintings to visitors.
Marie participated in three out of the eight major Impressionist exhibitions, submitting her work to the fourth (1879), fifth (1880), and eighth (1889) group showings. During her lifetime as an artist, Bracquemond produced at least 157 original works, of which only 31 have been located and catalogued in existing collections today, with the rest having disappeared into various private collections without record.[3] Her only two solo exhibitions were held after her death.[1] Some of her most famous works include The Lady in White (1880), On the Terrace at Sèvres (1880), Afternoon Tea (1880), and Under the Lamp (1887).[4]
- ^ a b Pfeiffer, Ingrid; Hollein, Max (2008). Women Impressionists. Hatje Cantz. pp. 240–241, 304. ISBN 978-3775720793.
- ^ "Women Impressionists: Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzalès, Marie Bracquemond". FAMSF. 2009-10-10. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
- ^ Peterson, Ashley (Spring 2017). "The Female Impressionists: A Study in a Gendered Art" Archived 2022-10-17 at the Wayback Machine. Journal of Undergraduate Research. University of Florida. 1(2): p. 5.
- ^ Clement, Russell T. Houzé, Annick. Erbolato-Ramsey, Christiane. (2000). The Women Impressionists: A Sourcebook. Greenwood Press. pp. xiii-xiv, 155-164. ISBN 0-313-30848-9.