Nélie Jacquemart

Quick Facts

Intro

French painter

A.K.A.

Nelie Barbe Hyacinthe Jacquemart Nélie Barbe Hyacinthe Jacquemart Nelie Andre Nélie Barbe Hyacinthe André Madame Edouard Jacquemart Nelie Jacquemart

Places

France

was

Art collector Painter

Work field

Arts

Gender

Female

Birth

25 July 1841 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Paris, Île-de-France, France

Star sign

Leo People who share this birthday

Death

14 May 1912 People who died on this day

Place of death

Paris, Île-de-France, France

Age

70 years

Family

Spouse:

Édouard André

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Nélie Jacquemart-André, née Cornélia Barbe Hyacinthe Jacquemart (25 July 1841, Paris – 14 May 1912, Paris) was a French painter, collector and art patron.

Jacquemart started her career as a student of Léon Cogniet and the École des Beaux-Arts. She became best known for her portraits of famous personalities.

In 1872 she met banker Édouard André at a portrait session, whom she eventually married in 1881.

Legacy

In 1912 she left both the Musée Jacquemart-André and Chaalis Abbey to the Institut de France.

Jean-Pierre Babelon of the École Nationale des Chartres called her a great collector and great patron of the arts. In her 1879 book Studying Art Abroad, May Alcott Nieriker lists Jacquemart with Rosa Bonheur, Louise Abbema, and Sara Bernhardt as distinguished artists.