Georgette Meunier Explained

Georgette Meunier
Birth Date:October 7, 1859
Birth Place:Brussels, Belgium
Death Place:Brussels, Belgium
Nationality:Belgian
Field:Painting

Georgette Meunier (October 7, 1859 – 1951) was a Belgian still life painter.

She was born in Brussels as the daughter of the engraver Jan-Baptiste Meunier, and the older sister of the painter Marc-Henry Meunier. Her father was the older brother of the painter-sculptor Constantin Meunier.[1] She was trained by Alfred Stevens and became a member of the artist group L'Essor.[1] Meunier exhibited two of her works at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[2]

Her painting Study of a Heron, was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.[3]

Meunier died in Brussels.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Georgette Meunier. RKD. 2 December 2017.
  2. Web site: Nichols . K. L. . Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893. 24 July 2018.
  3. Women painters of the world, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day, by Walter Shaw Sparrow, The Art and Life Library, Hodder & Stoughton, 27 Paternoster Row, London, 1905