Madeleine-Élisabeth Pigalle, sometimes known as Madelon (1751–1827), was a French painter.
Born in
Sens
Sens () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yonne Departments of France, department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France, 120 km from Paris.
Sens is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture and the second city of the d ...
, Pigalle was distantly related to
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (26 January 1714 – 20 August 1785) was a French sculptor.
Life
Pigalle was born in Paris, the seventh child of a carpenter. Although he failed to obtain the ''Prix de Rome'', after a severe struggle he entered the ''Ac ...
; he is said to have provided her with lessons upon visiting her hometown in 1766 and finding that she had artistic talent. Her father was the merchant Gervais-Protais Pigalle (1724–1802). In 1782 she showed an oil painting at the
Salon de la Correspondance, and in 1785 she produced a pastel head of a woman which received some notice. Pigalle died in
Nemours
Nemours () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Geography
Nemours is located on the Loing and its canal, c. south of Melun, on the Moret–Lyon railway. Nemours – Saint-Pierre s ...
.
Profile
at the ''Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800''.
References
1751 births
1827 deaths
French women painters
18th-century French painters
18th-century French women artists
People from Sens
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