Eugénie du Colombier (

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Eugénie Chosson du Colombier; 1806–1888) was a French painter and

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. She was known for her portraits and landscape paintings, and also painted pottery. Du Colombier was considered one of the best

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painters of the early 19th-century.

Biography

Eugénie Chosson du Colombier was born 27 September 1806, in either

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, or

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, France, and was the daughter of Aimée de Corbeau and César Chosson du Colombier. She is descended from Dauphinois parliamentary aristocracy on her paternal side. In 1834, she married artist Anselme Pasquier de Franclieu. In 1842, they moved to Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine, followed by a move into the in 1844 after she inherited the home. She was a student of French painter (1777–1855) for around ten years, and Swiss painter (1792–1870). Her artworks ''Portrait of Charles Planelli de Lavalette'' (1832), and ''Portrait of Benjamin Rolland'' (1833) can be found in the collection at the

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. She died on 10 February 1888 in Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Du Colombier, Eugénie 1806 births 1888 deaths 19th-century French painters 19th-century French women painters French ceramists People from Isère