Félicie Schneider Explained

Félicie Schneider
Birth Date:28 December 1831
Birth Place:Saint-Cloud
Death Date:1888
Nationality:French

Félicie Schneider or Felicie Fournier (1831 – 1888) was a French portrait painter.

Schneider was born in Saint-Cloud and first learned to paint from her father, Amable Nicolas Fournier, and later went to the school run by Leon Cogniet.[1] She showed works at the Paris Salon from 1849. Her work The Last Survivors of a Family was included in the book Women Painters of the World.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00164322 SCHNEIDER, Félicie (1831 - 1888), Painter, pastellist
  2. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/39000/39000-h/39000-h.htm Women Painters of the World