Marie Amélie Cogniet
French painter
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| Intro | French painter | ||
| A.K.A. | Marie Amélie Cogniet Marie Amelie Cogniet | ||
| A.K.A. | Marie Amélie Cogniet Marie Amelie Cogniet | ||
| Places | France | ||
| was | Painter | ||
| Work field | Arts | ||
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| Birth | 5 April 1798, Paris, Île-de-France, France | ||
| Death | 29 April 1869Paris, Île-de-France, France (aged 71 years) | ||
| Star sign | Aries | ||
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Biography
Marie-Amélie Cogniet (5 April 1798 – 29 April 1869) was a French painter and the sister of Léon Cogniet.
Life and work
Cogniet was born in Paris, France, as the sister of the painter and art teacher Léon Cogniet, whose works she copied. She specialized in portraiture and showed works at the Paris Salon from 1831.
Her copy of her brother's painting Portrait of Adélaide d'Orléans, then located at Chantilly, was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.
Cogniet died in Paris.