Hortense Richard Explained

Hortense Richard
Birth Date:	24 June 1860
Birth Place:	Paris, France
Death Date:	1939 or 1940
Nationality:	French
Field:	Painting

Hortense Richard (1860–1939 or 1940) was a French painter.^[1]

Biography

Richard was born on 24 June 1860 in Paris. She studied with Delphine Arnould de Cool-Fortin, Jules Joseph Lefebvre and William-Adolphe Bouguereau. She married fellow painter in 1879.^[2]

She exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1875 to 1935.^[3] Richard exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts and The Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.^[4]

She died in 1939 or 1940.^{[1] [3] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Richard, Hortense (1860-1939?) . BnF Catalogue général . 12 November 2018 . fr.
2. Web site: Richard, Hortense . Oxford Index . Oxford University Press . 12 November 2018 . en . 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00152174 . 31 October 2011.
3. Web site: Hortense Richard . Musée d'Orsay . 12 November 2018 . fr.
4. Web site: Nichols . K. L. . Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893. 12 November 2018.