Adélaïde Binart (9 March 1769 – September 1832) was a French neoclassical painter-artist. Adélaïde Binart was born 9 March 1769, in

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. She exhibited her works, mostly portraits, at the

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of 1795–1817. In 1794, she married

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, with whom she has three children: Zelia (1795–1813),

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(1801–1891) and Clodomir (1804–1887). Her studio was located in the former convent of the Petits-Augustins. There are three known portraits of her: at age 27 by

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(1796, Paris,

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), at age 30 by the artist

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, where she is in the company of her husband and daughter, and at age 40 (1809) by

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. She died in Paris in September, 1832.

Selected works

* 1795, ''Tête d'étude'' * 1799, ''Portrait du citoyen Gauthier de Claubri'' * 1799, ''Portrait d'une jeune personne'' * 1799, ''Portrait du citoyen Sage'' * 1800, ''Portrait du citoyen P. Claude Binart'' * 1801, ''Une dame assise avec ses enfants'' * 1804, ''

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'' * 1808, ''Portrait de M.

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'' * 1816, ''Portrait de Mme Pasté et Mme Rey sa fille'' * 1816, ''Portrait de Zélia, à 18 ans'' * 1817, ''Portrait en pied d'un enfant de 4 ans'' * 1817. ''Portrait de feu M. Collineau-Peltereau'' * ''Portrait de M. Foubert'' * ''Portrait de M. Happey'' * ''Portrait de M. Dufour père'' * ''Portrait de M. Coste'' * ''Portrait de M. Champein'' * ''Portrait de Mmes Julie et Rose de Frenays'' * ''Portrait de Mme Duplantys'' * ''Portrait de Mme Laugier'' * ''Portrait de M. Viette''

Sources

* (in French) * Hérissant Le Doux, ''Explication des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, architecture, gravure, exposés au Musée royal des arts, le 24 avril 1817''. Paris : Impr. de Madame Hérissant Le Doux, imprimeur ordinaire du roi et des Musées royaux, 1817 (in French) * Émile Bellier de La Chavignerie, 1882–1885, ''Dictionnaire général des artistes de l'École française depuis l'origine des arts du dessin jusqu'à nos jours : architectes, peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs et lithographes.'' Librairie Renouard (Paris) (in French)

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