Anne Strésor
Anne Marie-Renée Strésor (1651—1713) [1] was a French painter and member of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture. Later in life she became a nun.[2]
Family[]
Her father was the portraitist Henri Strésor.
Work[]
She was accepted into the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1676. Her admission piece, a miniature of "Christ and Saint Paul on the Road to Damascus" was placed in a window nook in the academy.[3]
In 1687 she became a nun in Paris. She continued to produce paintings during this time.[4]
References[]
- ^ Dabbs, Julia (2016). Life Stories of Women Artists, 15501800. Routledge. p. 465.
- ^ Gaze, Delia; Mihajlovic, Maja; Shrimpton, Leandra (1997). Dictionary of Women Artists: Introductory surveys ; Artists, A-I. p. 26.
- ^ Baillio, Joseph; Baetjer, Katharine; Lang, Paul (2016). Vigée Le Brun. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 37–38. ISBN 978-1-58839-581-8.
- ^ Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press. 2011. pp. Stresor, Anne Marie Renée.
Categories:
- 1651 births
- 1713 deaths
- French women painters
- 18th-century French painters
- 17th-century French painters
- Members of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
- French nuns