Marie Nicolas Explained

Marie Joséphine Nicolas
Birth Date:25 July 1845
Birth Place:Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne
Death Date:1903
Nationality:French

Marie Joséphine Nicolas (1845 – 1903) was a French painter.

Nicolas was born in Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne and was also known as Marie Nicholas or Marie Joséphine Drapier.[1] She was a pupil of Levasseur and Charles Joshua Chaplin and is known for portraits and genre works.[2] She first showed work at the Paris Salon in 1867 and her 1882 work Father Ricard was included in the book Women Painters of the World.[3] Her self-portrait is preserved in the local museum of her hometown.

Selected works

Self Portrait (1871)

Father Ricard (1882)

Fillette en prière[4]

Jeune Bretonne et sa poupée (1889)[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Musée d'Orsay: Notice d'Artiste. www.musee-orsay.fr. 2020-01-27.
  2. http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00130357?rskey=x987Rc&result=23 NICOLAS, Marie Joséphine (born 1845), Painter
  3. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/39000/39000-h/39000-h.htm Women Painters of the World
  4. Web site: Auctions for artworks by Marie Joséphine NICOLAS: hammer prices and sold lots for Marie Joséphine NICOLAS - artprice.com. www.artprice.com. 2020-01-27.
  5. Web site: Marie Joséphine Nicolas artnet. www.artnet.com. 2020-01-27.