Frédérique Vallet-Bisson (29 April 1862 – 1949) was a French painter and pastellist. Vallet-Bisson was born in

Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; , or ) is a city and Communes of France, commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in the region ...

but moved to Paris, where she became a pupil of Jules-Joseph Lefebvre at the

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.Frédérique Vallet-Bisson 1865 - 1949 Peintre française
at Académie Julian She showed works at the Paris Salon from 1890 to 1945, and won several awards. She exhibited at Chicago World Exposition in 1893. Vallet-Bisson had a daughter born in 1880, Lucienne Bisson, who was also a painter. Vallet-Bisson's painting ''The Departure'' was included in the 1905 book ''

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'' and was described in an issue of the ''Magasin Pittoresque''.

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1862 births 1949 deaths Artists from Amiens Painters from Hauts-de-France 19th-century French painters Académie Julian alumni 20th-century French painters 20th-century French women painters 19th-century French women painters {{France-painter-stub