Élise Bruyère (1776–1847) was a French painter who specialized in portraits and floral
still life
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s.
Bruyère was the daughter of
Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier (1738–1836), a noted French writer, illustrator, and painter of French historical scenes. Her sister Henriette was also a painter. Bruyère was of the
Realist school of French painting, she had studied with
Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin and
Jan Frans van Dael and her still lifes, particularly her paintings of flowers, are remarkably detailed. A typical work, ''Vase de fleurs'', is in the
Musée du Louvre
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in Paris.
Louvre
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References
Bibliography
* Ferdinand Hoefer, ''
Nouvelle Biographie Générale'', vol. 30, Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1859, p. 63-4.
*
Théodore-Éloi Lebreton, ''Biographie Rouennaise'', Rouen: Le Brument, 1865, p. 207-8.
* Noémi Noire Oursel, ''Nouvelle Biographie Normande'', Paris: Picard, 1886, p. 63.
1776 births
1847 deaths
18th-century French painters
19th-century French painters
Sibling artists
18th-century French women painters
19th-century French women painters
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