Louise Catherine Guéret Explained

Louise Catherine Guéret
Birth Date:1755 5, df=y
Birth Place:Paris
Death Place:Paris
Nationality:French
Relatives:Anne Guéret (sister)
Patrons:Henri-Pierre Danloux
Jacques-Louis David

Louise Catherine Guéret (1755–1851), known as Mlle Guéret the Elder, was a French painter who was active at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century. Louise Catherine and her sister Anne Guéret were orphaned as children but were adopted by the dramatist and librettist Michel-Jean Sedaine. He introduced them to the painters Henri-Pierre Danloux and Jacques-Louis David who gave them art lessons.[1]

Appearances at Salons

Portraits of Louise Catherine Guéret

Notes and References

  1. Book: Blanc, Olivier . French . Portraits de femmes: artistes et modèles à l'époque de Marie-Antoinette . Didier Carpenter . 9782841674381 . Paris . 2006 . 21, 65, 68, 85–87.