Adelaide Salles-Wagner
Adelaïde Salles-Wagner (1825–1890; born Adelheid Wagner) was a German-born painter active in France. She was a pupil of Claude Jacquand in Lyon, and Joseph Bernhardt in Munich or Paris. She married the painter Jules Salles from Nîmes, France, in 1865.
Also recorded as Adelheid Salles-Wagner · Adélaïde Salles-Wagner · Adelaïde Salles-Wagner · Mme Salles Wagner
Adelaide Salles-Wagner
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- Name
- Adèlaïde Salles-Wagner
- Birth Name
- Adelheid Wagner
- Born
- 1825
- Birthplace
- Dresden, Germany
- Died
- 2 July 1890
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Saxony
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- portrait
- Languages
- German
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Adelaïde Salles-Wagner (1825–1890; born Adelheid Wagner) was a German-born painter active in France. She was a pupil of Claude Jacquand in Lyon, and Joseph Bernhardt in Munich or Paris. She married the painter Jules Salles from Nîmes, France, in 1865.
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She is known for portraits and genre works of children. Her work Breton Girl Praying was included in the book Women Painters of the World. Her sister Elise Puyroche-Wagner also became a painter.
The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris and Lyon. Work by Adelaide Salles-Wagner is recorded in the collections of Musée d'Art de Toulon, Musée d'art et d'histoire de Narbonne and Museum of Grenoble.
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• Name — Adèlaïde Salles-Wagner • Birth Name — Adelheid Wagner • Born — 1825 • Birthplace — Dresden, Germany • Died — 2 July 1890 • Place of death — Paris, France
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Works in public collections
• Grenoble, Musée de Grenoble: La Petite Villageoise, 1853, oil on canvas • Lyon, musée des Beaux-Arts: Élie dans le désert, oil on canvas • Le Puy-en-Velay, Musée Crozatier: Portrait de Monsieur le comte de Macheco, oil on canvas • Narbonne, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire: Addio Teresa, 1865, oil on canvas • Toulon, Musée d'Art: Sainte Madeleine bercée par les anges, 1868, oil on canvas • Roanne, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie Joseph-Déchelette, Portrait de Mme Raoul Chassain de la Plasse, née Meugniot, vers 1869-1870. • Illustration — Girl with a Basket (1853), Museum of Grenoble • Illustration — Addio Teresa (1865), musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Narbonne. • Illustration — Saint Magdalene cradled by angels (1868), Toulon Museum of Art • Illustration — Portrait d'une dame de la société lyonnaise, (location unknown). • Illustration — Breton Girl Praying, (location unknown)
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