Adelaïde Salles-Wagner Explained
| Adèlaïde Salles-Wagner |
| Birth Name: | Adèlaïde Salles |
| Birth Date: | 1825 |
| Birth Place: | Dresden, Germany |
| Death Date: | 2 July 1890 |
| Death Place: | Paris, France |
| Nationality: | German |
Adelheid Wagner or Adelaïde Salles-Wagner (1825–1890) (born Adélaïde Salles) was a German-born painter active in France. She was a pupil of Claude Jacquand in Lyon, and Joseph Bernhardt in Munich or Paris.[1]
She married the painter Jules Salles from Nîmes, France, in 1865.[2]
She is known for portraits and genre works of children. Her work Breton Girl Praying was included in the book Women Painters of the World.[3]
Her sister Elise Puyroche-Wagner also became a painter.
Works in public collections
- Grenoble, Musée de Grenoble: La Petite Villageoise, 1853, oil on canvas[4]
- Lyon, musée des Beaux-Arts: Élie dans le désert, oil on canvas[5]
- Le Puy-en-Velay, Musée Crozatier: Portrait de Monsieur le comte de Macheco, oil on canvas[6]
- Narbonne, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire: Addio Teresa, 1865, oil on canvas
- Toulon, Musée d'Art: Sainte Madeleine bercée par les anges, 1868, oil on canvas
- Roanne, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie Joseph-Déchelette, Portrait de Mme Raoul Chassain de la Plasse, née Meugniot, vers 1869-1870.
Notes and References
- http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00159657 Adelaïde Salles-Wagner
- Web site: Adélaïde Salles-Wagner (24384) Musée d'Orsay . 2023-10-20 . www.musee-orsay.fr.
- http://www.gutenberg.org/files/39000/39000-h/39000-h.htm Women Painters of the World
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