Zoé-Laure de Chatillon, née Delaune (1826–1908) was a French painter. Laure de Chatillon - sleeping child

Chatillon was born in Chambray but moved to Paris, where she showed works at the

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during the years 1851–1887, . and exposed at Giroux in Paris in 1856. She was a student of Léon Cogniet, and married Jules François Henri de Châtillon, subprefect of

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, the 8 April 1850. She was possibly related to Auguste de Châtillon, a French painter who travelled to New Orleans, as several of her paintings have been identified as depicting people from New Orleans. As a member of the French delegation of female artists, she exhibited paintings at the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 in Chicago in the ''Woman's building. Her painting ''Sleeping Child'', shown at the Salon of 1878, was included in the 1905 book '' Women Painters of the World''. Chatillon died in Clarens, Vaud. She received a number of imperial orders, among them are the ''Jeanne D'arc vouant ses armes à la vierge'' (1869), currently in the custody of the

Musée Antoine Vivenel The Musée Antoine Vivenel is the municipal museum of the city of Compiègne in northern France, located at 2, rue d'Austerlitz, 60200 Compiègne. It was founded in 1839, following an important gift by Antoine Vivenel, architect and art collector. ...

of Compiègne, and stored in the Église Saint-Jacques de Compiègne She was one of the first members of the Union of Women Painters and Sculptors founded in 1881 by

Hélène Bertaux Hélène Bertaux (), born Joséphine Charlotte Hélène Pilate (4 July 1825 – 20 April 1909) was a French sculptor and women's rights advocate. Early life and career She was born in Paris and began her studies at the age of twelve with ...

and frequently showed her works in their exhibition. She is the mother of Louise de Châtillon, born in 1851, who seems to be connected to the artist

Auguste de Châtillon Auguste de Châtillon (29 January 1808 – 26 March 1881) was a French painter, sculptor and poet. He was born and died in Paris. He, Théophile Gautier, Gérard de Nerval and Arsène Houssaye formed the "bohème du Doyenné". Life He first exhi ...

, as she claims that she is his niece.

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1826 births 1908 deaths People from Chambéry French women painters 19th-century French painters 19th-century French women artists World's Columbian Exposition 19th-century women painters {{France-painter-19thC-stub