Marie Adrien Lavieille (November 22, 1852, Paris – March 13, 1911, Paris), born Marie Petit, was a French

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

. She was a pupil of her father, Jean-Jacques Petit, and of Joseph Blanc. She painted a notable

self-portrait A self-portrait is a representation of an artist that is drawn, painted, photographed, or sculpted by that artist. Although self-portraits have been made since the earliest times, it is not until the Early Renaissance in the mid-15th century tha ...

in 1870, when she was 18 years old and first exhibited in 1876, and then on a regular basis at the

Salon 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 ...

, which became the Salon des Artistes Français in 1881, and between 1886 and 1906 at the art exhibitions of the Union des Femmes Peintres et Sculpteurs. Marie Adrien Lavieille was a painter with a particular gift for portraits and

still lifes A still life (plural: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or man-made (drinking glasses, boo ...

. However, her work is very diversified, and reflects many of the themes of the society of her time. Her portrait subjects included her father, Jean-Jacques Petit, the painter

Adrien Lavieille Adrien Lavieille (March 29, 1848, Montmartre – February 5, 1920, Chartres) was a French painting, painter. Son of the landscape painter Eugène Lavieille, and nephew of the wood-engraver Jacques Adrien Lavieille (1818–1862), he was a pain ...

, whom she married in 1878, and her daughter,

Andrée Lavieille Andrée Lavieille (Paris 11 September 1887 – 14 May 1960 Paris) was a French painter. Daughter and granddaughter of painters (her father, Adrien Lavieille, and her mother, Marie Adrien Lavieille, her grandfather on the father's side, E ...

, who also became a painter. As well as still lifes, she realized interiors, some landscapes, scenes of quotidian life, particularly with children : ''L'anniversaire'', ''Sortie de classe'', ''Maternité'', ''Prière pour l'absent''… Since 1879, Marie Adrien Lavieille taught drawing in schools in Paris.

Bibliography

* Henri Cambon, Françoise Cambon. ''Marie Adrien Lavieille (1852-1911). Une époque vue par une femme peintre''. Atlantica, 2009. * Pierre Sanchez. ''Dictionnaire de l'Union des Femmes Peintres et Sculpteurs (1882-1965)''. L'Echelle de Jacob, 2010.

External links

Presentation of Marie Adrien Lavieille and of her works
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