Élise Bruyère Explained

Élise Bruyère
Birth Date:	1776
Nationality:	French
Field:	Painting

Élise Bruyère (1776–1847) was a French painter who specialized in portraits and floral still lifes.

Bruyère was the daughter of Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier (1738–1836), a noted French writer, illustrator, and painter of French historical scenes. Her sister Henriette was also a painter. Bruyère was of the Realist school of French painting, she had studied with Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin and Jan Frans van Dael^{[1] [2]} and her still lifes, particularly her paintings of flowers, are remarkably detailed. A typical work, Vase de fleurs, is in the Musée du Louvre in Paris.^{[3] [4]}

Bibliography

• Ferdinand Hoefer, Nouvelle Biographie Générale, vol. 30, Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1859, p. 63-4.
• Théodore-Éloi Lebreton, Biographie Rouennaise, Rouen: Le Brument, 1865, p. 207-8.
• Noémi Noire Oursel, Nouvelle Biographie Normande, Paris: Picard, 1886, p. 63.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gazette des beaux-arts : courrier européen de l'art et de la curiosité. January 7, 1863. Gallica. fr.
2. Web site: Elise Bruyère, born Le Barbier - Portrait de Mr Saget législateur - 1806. AnticStore.
3. Web site: Vase de fleurs. Musée du Louvre. 1800 .
4. Web site: Joconde - catalogue - dictionnaires. www2.culture.gouv.fr.