Marie Joséphine Nicolas (1845 – 1903) was a French painter. Nicolas was born in Villers-Cotterêts,

Aisne Aisne ( , ; ; pcd, Ainne) is a French department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It is named after the river Aisne. In 2019, it had a population of 531,345.Charles Joshua Chaplin Charles Joshua Chaplin (8 June 1825 – 30 January 1891) was a French painter and printmaker who painted both landscapes and portraits. He worked in techniques such as pastels, lithography, watercolor, chalk, oil painting and etching. He wa ...

and is known for portraits and genre works. She first showed work 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 ...

in 1867 and her 1882 work ''Father Ricard'' was included in the book

Women Painters of the World ''Women Painters of the World, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413–1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day'', assembled and edited by Walter Shaw Sparrow, lists an overview of prominent women painters up to 1905, the year of publication. Th ...

. Her self-portrait is preserved in the local museum of her hometown.

Selected works

''Self Portrait (1871)'' ''Father Ricard (1882)'' ''Fillette en prière'' ''Jeune Bretonne et sa poupée'' (1889)

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1845 births 1903 deaths People from Aisne French women painters 19th-century French painters 19th-century French women artists 19th-century women painters {{France-painter-19thC-stub