Marie-Anne-Julie Forestier (Paris, 13 June 1782 -

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, 26 February 1853) was a French painter.

Life

Born in Paris, she became a pupil of

Jacques-Louis David Jacques-Louis David (; 30 August 1748 – 29 December 1825) was a French painter in the Neoclassicism, Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era. In the 1780s, his cerebral brand of history painting marked a change in ...

and in June 1806 became engaged to

Jean-Dominique Ingres Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres ( , ; 29 August 1780 – 14 January 1867) was a French Neoclassicism, Neoclassical Painting, painter. Ingres was profoundly influenced by past artistic traditions and aspired to become the guardian of academic ...

. However, Ingres left for Rome that September and the engagement did not survive until his return to France, since he won the first prize for painting in 1801 and thus had to stay in Rome. She exhibited 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 ...

s of 1802, 1810, 1812, 1814 and 1819. Her works include a portrait of Philippe Pinel with his family and a copy of Ingres' '' Self-Portrait Aged 24'' - the latter is now in the musée Ingres in Montauban. File:Philippe Pinel and his family by Julie Forestier.jpg, ''

Philippe Pinel Philippe Pinel (; 20 April 1745 – 25 October 1826) was a French physician, precursor of psychiatry and incidentally a zoologist. He was instrumental in the development of a more humane psychological approach to the custody and care of ps ...

and his family'', 1807 File:Musée Ingres-Bourdelle - Portrait d'Ingres à l'âge de vingt-quatre ans, 1807 - Marie-Anne-Julie Forestier - Joconde06070004421.jpg, Copy of the ''Self-portrait of Ingres'', 1807, by Forestier

Bibliography

* Henry Lapauze, ''Le Roman d'amour de M. Ingres'', Paris, 1910, p. 199-242.

Sources

Birth record for Forestier
*http://www.latribunedelart.com/julie-forestier-par-ingres---ingres-par-julie-forestier-article00479.html Painters from Paris 1782 births 1853 deaths French women painters 19th-century French painters 19th-century French women artists {{France-painter-18thC-stub