Élisa Koch or Elisa Kock (1833–1914) was an Italian painter and pastellist. Elisa Koch - The Little Sister

Koch was born in

Livorno Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronou ...

and studied under

Louis Janmot Anne-François-Louis Janmot (21 May 1814 – 1 June 1892) was a French painter and poet. Early years Janmot was born in Lyon, France, of Catholic parents who were deeply religious. He was extremely moved by the death of his brother in 1823 and ...

and Charles Comte.Elisa Koch
in

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She exhibited in

Lyons Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of th ...

from 1854 to 1855 and in

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from 1863 showing most notably ''Dangerous Encounter'' at the

Paris Salon The Salon (french: Salon), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art ...

of 1868, ''You'll Have None of It'' at the Paris Salon of 1874, ''Misfortune'' at the Paris Salon of 1881, and ''Portrait of Mademoiselle Juliette Dodu''. Her work ''The Little Sister'' was included in the book '' Women Painters of the World'', published in 1905.Women Painters of the World
on Project Gutenberg

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1833 births 1914 deaths Artists from the Grand Duchy of Tuscany Painters from Livorno Italian women painters 19th-century Italian painters 19th-century Italian women artists Italian pastel artists Women pastel artists 19th-century women painters {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub