Geneviève Brossard de Beaulieu explained

Geneviève Brossard de Beaulieu
Birth Date:1755[1]
Birth Place:La Rochelle, France
Death Date:c. 1835
Death Place:Paris, France
Nationality:French
Field:Painting

Geneviève Brossard de Beaulieu (fl. c. 1770 - 1815) was a French painter. She was born at La Rochelle and studied painting under Jean-Baptiste Greuze. She established herself as a successful artist, specializing in historical and mythological genres and portraiture. She ran a school at Lille, Belgium, in Flanders, until the outbreak of the French Revolution.With the restoration of the Bourbons (1814–1815) she was granted a state pension. Several of her works survive, including a portrait of Princess Elisabeth Lubomirksa which remains in the National Museum of Warsaw in Poland.

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  1. Archives départementales de Charente Maritime. Archives en ligne baptême sur registres Paroisse Notre-Dame de la Rochelle Ref GG111, page 26/53