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Élisabeth de Groux (4 November 1894 – 1949) was a
Groux was born in
Belgian
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engraver and painter.
Life
Groux was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer
Boulogne-sur-Mer (; pcd, Boulonne-su-Mér; nl, Bonen; la, Gesoriacum or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne lies on the ...
in 1894, her father was a noted artist. She was Henry de Groux
Henry de Groux (15 September 1866 – 12 January 1930)"Colours of the War: Art Work of Belgian Soldiers at the Front (1914–1918): A Selection of the Collections kept at the Royal Army Museum in Brussels; published 2000; ; page 57 was a Belg ...
's eldest daughter and Leon Bloy
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was her godfather.
She married the artist Emile Baumann
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on 25 July 1931. Her father had just died and her husband wrote a revealing biography of her father.
She died in 1949. When her work is sold it is sold for hundreds of dollars.
References
1894 births 1949 deaths People from Boulogne-sur-Mer Belgian printmakers {{Printmaker-stub