Louise-Amélie Panet (January 27, 1789 – March 24, 1862) was a French Canadian artist, educator and writer living in

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Life

The daughter of judge

Pierre-Louis Panet Pierre-Louis Panet (August 1, 1761 – December 2, 1812) was a Canadian lawyer, notary, seigneur, judge and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born in Montreal in 1761, the son of Pierre Panet, a lawyer. Panet qualified to practice ...

and Marie-Anne Cerré, she was born in

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and was educated with the Quebec Ursulines and in

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. She continued her studies in art with Jeanne-Charlotte Allamand. In 1819, she married William Bent Berczy, Allamand's son. The couple moved to

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and then to Quebec City. In 1832, the couple inherited the and moved there. Panet died in Sainte-Mélanie at the age of 73. Her work is included in the collections of the

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, the

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, the

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and the Montreal Public Library. Her poem ''Quelques traits particuliers Aux saisons du Bas Canada Et aux moeurs De l'habitant de ses Campagnes Il y a quelques quarante ans Mis en vers'' was republished in 2000. Portraits of Panet by her father-in-law

William Berczy William von Moll Berczy (December 10, 1744 – February 5, 1813) was a German-born Upper Canada pioneer and painter. He is considered one of the co-founders of the Town of York, Upper Canada, now Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Biography Berczy wa ...

are in the collections of the

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and the

. The public library in Sainte-Mélanie is named in her honour.

References

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