Lucienne Bisson (6 July 1880 – 14 August 1939) was a French artist. Bisson was born in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

. She was the illegitimate daughter of

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Pierre-Auguste Renoir (; 25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "R ...

(1841 – 1919) and

Frédérique Vallet-Bisson Frédérique Vallet-Bisson (29 April 1862 – 1949) was a French painter and pastellist. Vallet-Bisson was born in Amiens but moved to Paris, where she became a pupil of Jules-Joseph Lefebvre at the Académie Julian.Salon des Indépendants Salon may refer to: Common meanings * Beauty salon, a venue for cosmetic treatments * French term for a drawing room, an architectural space in a home * Salon (gathering), a meeting for learning or enjoyment Arts and entertainment * Salon (P ...

. Dictionnaire Bénézit, vol. 2,

éditions Gründ Librairie Gründ, also known as "Les éditions Gründ " is a French publishing company. It was started in 1880 by Ernest Gründ and Émile Maguet as a bookstore in Paris, specializing in works about art. It joined the French publishing group Edi ...

, January 1999, 13440 p. (), p. 352 She is famous for her Paris city views, beautiful landscapes and colorful still lifes. For instance, Bisson made a painting that captured the "heavy atmosphere" on a cloudy Paris street in 1920s."New Stuff".
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She died in August 1939, roughly one year before

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occupied France during the

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

conflict. Her mother continued on living and managed to outlive Lucienne by 9 years (Frédérique died in 1948).

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Photos d'oeuvres de Lucienne Bisson Painters from Paris 1880 births 1939 deaths French women painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French women artists 19th-century French women artists {{France-painter-19thC-stub